Why do both teams make the trade? Blues don't get better and the Leafs get worse

I like Thomas play but never at Marner value one on one... add Leddy & 2023 1st

Hilarious. The Blues would never trade Thomas straight up for Marner.

Setting aside the Marner idiocy, the Blues already have Hofer as backup, dude. Maybe stick to the Leafs bubble, where apparently every other team solely exists to serve the Leafs.

because you need TOP C... but how can you compare a 70,pts vs a 100pts guy... c'mon remove your Blues glasses!
I agree it is not the right fit or target in Thomas that TML need.

LMFAO

What might be funnier is thinking ROR signs that contract. ROR has his ring and will always take the biggest contract offered so you’re only about $4M per year short.

Dude, what are you on about? Thomas is still developing, he has not reached his ceiling yet. And most importantly, he's signed to what will be a bargain for eight years. Take off your Leafs whatever you guys are smoking. The Blues would laugh their asses clean off if the Leafs proposed this trade. They'd need their asses surgically reattached. OBVIOUSLY.

We need a Top C so we trade our Top C for a winger? Unless he played that position this year and i missed it he hasn't been a center since he was a teenager. And even if he did, the cap hit is all the reason needed to not acquire him. We'll take one BobTom on an 8x8 all day

What do you mean... NHL GM would do a one on one with this trade! not fair at all... and most of it, doesn't fit any team needs.
Marner >>>> Thomas

You're right, this goes directly against all of the Blues needs, and any GM would happily trade Marner for Thomas. The Blues, however, would tell the Leafs to go to hell.