We certainly aren’t paying anything for Kampf

YES !!!!

Finally someone comes down to reality and makes a Leaf Acgm without trading Marner.

He stays, 98% sure of that fact.

Likely. If he's willing to move and you can get good value then maybe trade him but if you can't get good value, you have to keep him. B

And if you trade him, ideally it should be for a Dman, because the Leafs Dcore will not get a sudden improvement by adding any Dmen from this summer's weak UFA selection.

And I don't hear any rumors of any top pair Dman having trade bait potential. Maybe Stl but why would they want Marner and why would Marner want to go there.

Despite the nonsense from the mob on this site, everyone wants Marner. Fans just want him for essentially nothing. Why would St Louis want him? He's 27 years old and way better than anyone on their team. However, they don't have a top defenceman. So why would TO trade him to St Louis?

Parakyo is 2nd pair defenceman. Krug sucks, Faulk sucks and no one else there matters.

I do think they can add Roy or Pesce (hopefully Roy because he's not massively overrated.) in FA either player is a very good addition. They have 18 million to fill out the roster. Roy at 6 or less would be a good move. After that, if you can get Domi at 4 or less, I would do that as well. And then just find value where you can.

The priority is a new coach. Keefe is not a winner in the NHL and he was outcoached every year in the playoffs. Never adjusts, he's done. Shanahan doesn't handle coaches right. Babs should have been fired when he lost a game 7 to Boston for the 2nd year in a row. Keefe should have been fired after last year's playoffs.

I hope MLSE fires Shanahan, Treliving and the entire coaching staff. Find someone good to take over and find a proper coaching staff.

Looking around the League, the Stars could be a potential trade partner, Lundvist is an upcoming Top 4 Dman and Dallas might go into the "win" now mode if they can't get into the Cup Finals this year.

And yea, Marner stays, it's fun to try to make it work, but truthfully the added salary cap space doesn't get the Leafs enough $$ to fix their D while finding a top 6 RW'er replacement.

Eh, I'd be willing to toss a nothing pick at him like a late rounder, but I don't know where OP is getting off thinking he can demand a mid round pick.