Brady isn’t worth that much

If Ekblad and Verhaeghe came with an extension... I'd be okay with this. Doubt FLA would trade their captain though...

what would the Leafs have to give up without touching Knies, Matthews, Nylander, Rielly, Woll

if Sens ever considered dealing him I'd be all over it

Deal starts with Lundell and Knight

2 guys soon to be expired in their late 20s is not a good return for Brady

Nothing

Knight
Lundell
2026 1st

Plus a 3 way trade to get ottawa another 2024 1st is what I’d want

Wasn't a good return for his brother, who's a better player, either, but it's what the market offered, and if a player is beating a path out of town, that's what you get. Sure, you can counter with Brady is still under contract, but Ottawa has a great young core locked up long term, hanging onto a guy if he doesn't want to be there, especially when he's the Captain, can poison the locker room.

Though I think this trade is off, a copycat trade would be Reinhart, Montour, and a lottery protected 1st.

The only issue is that Reinhart and Montour are UFAs this coming Summer.

Verhaeghe and Ekblad will be UFAs in the Summer of 2025 and next season, Ekblad won't have his NMC.

Calgary had 1 full year left on Huberdeau and Weegar before they got their 8 year extensions.

Knight is an AHL goalie.

Who do the Leafs have that are equivalent to what Huberdeau and Weegar were in 2022?

You would also need to add a 1st on top of that.

Would do a deal centered around an extended Marner. Worth considerably more than Huberdeau was even then - younger, better 2 way game, comparable production.

Also - wouldn't agree that Brady is worth quite as much as Matthew, who was coming off a ~115 point season

free Tkachuk?? Yay!

I like Marner.

The only problem is Marner is a Toronto native playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

There's zero chance he waives his NMC.

You want 8 years for a 30 year old Verhaeghe??

Age is just a number for some players.

Yeah I don’t want that at all. I’d be looking at knight/Lundell/Samoskevich. Otherwise they can kick rocks. They don’t even have a 2024 1st

I dont see their captain in the trade.

Brady is not that guy.

Ekblad isn't Florida's captain.

Yes, he is.

Bad defensively, approximately PPG winger lol.

He's a Tkachuk brother though.

And he's everything you'd want in a hockey player.

I bet you spend more time looking at stat lines than you do watching the game of hockey itself.

And if you want him, you got to outbid the other 30 teams.

Get to work.

Everything except play sound defensive hockey, or even competent defensive hockey

I forgot Barkov got the C. My bad.