I'd honestly love this trade, which means it's too much in the Leafs favour.

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It can’t be far off a second and a third for the retention and then it’s Mercer and a first for nylander

The value is fantastic I would say Mercer plus picks isn't enough for Nylander but jersey has added scoring Toffoli and Meier but also Mercer is one of their heart and soul pieces of the team he helps drive that team on a nightly bases and look at his salary so there is no world where Mercer gets traded sorry but a little more focus on other teams would help with your opinions on maple leafs transactions since you make comments on everyone's trades got to do a bit of research.in.my opinion but the passion of the Leafs I will not complain about

The short-term improvement this would present for the Devils is nowhere near worth giving up the long-term gains Mercer is yet to experience.
I'd bet that in no more than 3 years Mercer will be at least as good as Nylander will be at that in point in time, in 4 years an outright better player than him, at the latest.

Why should a team just now entering a decade of perennial contention kneecap their competitive window like that? Where is the logic in it?

Besides, no team in the league would trade a top 6 fwd on an ELC for a pending UFA winger.
Those trades simply don't have happen due to that top 6 ELC fwd having inherently more value than that winger, even if they are as good as William Nylander.
To say nothing of adding picks on top of that.

Devils aren't trading Mercer for Nylander. I hate to be a broken record but it makes no sense from the Devils' POV

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Dudes like an Ex GF refuses to move on, Just stop already its getting bad, you might need to seek medical attention for your obsession with nylander its not healthy man. The year is 2028 and this man is still making mock trades about Nylander to NJ YIKES.

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