Quoting: diehardduck31
i cant fathom the thought process behind the nylander deal. he isnt even worth mctavish or zellweger in a 1 for 1. rebuilding teams dont trade their best prospects.
Quoting: Salzy
The Ducks laugh you off the phone
neither of those players are available let alone both, the last place team in the league doesnt make short-sighted win now moves like this when they are clearly rebuilding.
You need to actually take 5 seconds and think about both teams needs, not just whatever makes your favourite team look good on an ACGM
Quoting: OldNYIfan
We're not trading two key pieces of our future for one season of William Nylander. If he's interested in playing for us, we can talk to him in 2024, when we don't have to spend any asset, let alone two prime ones, to acquire him.
Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
Curious how you think that helps Anaheim right now?
Also Flames don't consider that. Ruzicka is by far the most valuable piece in that trade and Zadorov is the 2nd most
#1 multiple insiders say that Anaheim is pushing hard for a Nylander trade
#2 Nylander had 40 goals and 87 points last year playing second line minutes and wasn't even on PP1 to finish the year he was 200th in minutes played in the league and still top 10 in goals. At least 50% or Leaf fans would tell you he is better than Marner. He regularly is the best Leafs forward in the playoffs, doesn't get his minutes with Matthews and literally started last year on on a line with Malgin then Robertson, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok.
Everyone thinks he's some second liner that gets carried. He has never been given the same chances as Marner, doesn't get the same quality of linemates and still puts of great numbers.
Most leafs fans would easily trade Marner to keep Nylander and I assume if Verbeek is pushing hard for him it's cause he and 5-10 other NHL GMs realize that if you put him on your first line he has 50 goal 100 point potential. It's not far off what he did this year on the second line. Just giving him 2 minutes more per game would have likely got him there.