Quoting: MitchJr
Personally I think Marner > Aho, but rather than argue - for this exercise, values are close enough. .Are the Canes looking to trade Aho? And if you were - would you accept similar package (as proposed here) in return ?
I really have no idea why you think the Leafs would make themselves a worse team by making a trade like this? For cap space 🤯? Contending teams don’t often move it superstars for cap space…
If Aho told us he wouldn’t re-sign then I’d accept a similar package. Necas, Jarvis, Svechnikov, Kotkaniemi are all U24 so we’re in a bit of a different spot than you guys.
But I understand why you’d prefer more of a hockey trade for Marner. The thinking was that trading Marner would allow you flexibility to build a more balanced line up with a healthier salary distribution. For arguments sake, you could keep Necas, trade the picks Morrow and Drury for a guy like Weegar then use the extra space to sign Bertuzzi. Maybe a bit unrealistic but you could lineup something like this.
Bertuzzi Matthews Nylander
Knies Tavares Necas
Bunting O’Rielly Acciari
Jarnkrok Holmberg Lafferty
Rielly Weegar
Brodie Liljegren
McCabe Timmins
Woll
Samsonov