Toronto's 2024 first and Easton Cowan.

Anaheim has no pressing motivation to trade either player. And the Ducks are likely to want to give extensions to both.

Cowan when Guentzel got no one that good?, ok Lesson I swear I saw healthy scratched until that game against Nashville where he scored but ok

Guentzel is a UFA. Vatrano has another season left at a pretty low cap hit, which is important to Toronto. Frankie set personal bests in assists and points last season and has already set new personal bests in goals, assists and points this season. He won't -- or at least shouldn't -- be cheap. And Leason is a particular favorite project of the coaching and scouting staff.

The Guentzel trade isn't a great comparable because what the Pens need are quite different than the Ducks. Bunting is a big piece of the value to Pittsburgh - he gives them a play-now roster replacement that isn't as good but maybe helps Crosby see the playoffs next year. The Ducks want all futures.

Also the Pens prospect pool is bone dry so getting multiple "ok" prospects is good business. The Ducks have a top end prospect pool. They need high end talent in a prospect or he literally would get buried by the guys they already have.

As far as Leason goes, yeah he's been a regular scratch but that was on a team that had Henrique and Carrick. With those two guys gone he'll get regular games and when he plays he's been a real nice bottom six guy. No reason to just toss him to the Leafs.

I mean I understand the 1st but Cowan is insane & the Pens pool is not bone dry at all with Yager, Pickering, Poulin & Blomqvist

I like Yager a lot but when you compare him to the Ducks 23-and-under forwards like Carlsson and McTavish and Gauthier he isn't in the same league. That's the best guy the Pens have and he's worse than the first three Ducks *forward* that popped into my head.

Pickering has middle pair upside. Good for the Pens I guess. Poulin barely rates as a prospect any more. Goalies are a bit of a wild card so maybe Blomqvist is the real deal and maybe he isn't.

I get that you wouldn't want to over pay for Vatrano with a 1st and Cowan. That's fine. The Ducks don't really want to trade Vatrano so it's all good.

EDIT - I should add that a big part of the price tag is the retention that you are asking for. The Ducks are small market, small revenue. To get them to pay Vatrano to play for the Leafs will cost. Drop the ask for retention and the price tag drops significantly IMO. Retention can't happen until the summer regardless.