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Rumor: Laughton trade talks heating up

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Any manager who gives up a Grade A piece for Laughton needs his head examined. He’s a good ROLE player. He’s not even a pace changer in the bottom 6.

Is he better than Lars Eller? Maybe a little. That was a 3rd and a 5th. So maybe a 3rd and a 4th?? Two future 3rds??

He’ll help anyone he goes to, as long as you’re not asking too much from him. So can’t see giving you too much for him either.
 
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Petes2424 said:
Any manager who gives up a Grade A piece for Laughton needs his head examined. He’s a good ROLE player. He’s not even a pace changer in the bottom 6.

Is he better than Lars Eller? Maybe a little. That was a 3rd and a 5th. So maybe a 3rd and a 4th?? Two future 3rds??

He’ll help anyone he goes to, as long as you’re not asking too much from him. So can’t see giving you too much for him either.
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He's getting more then 2 3rds.
 
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LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
He's getting more then 2 3rds.
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He may but would anyone be surprised? They shouldn’t be. Lars Eller in his prime got two 2nds right? I might give a 2nd because he has next year at $3 million left, so I’d get two playoffs, but he’s not gonna get any Grade A assets.
 
frightenedinmatenum2 said:
He is absolutely worth a 1st round pick to a contender, especially with the context that the back half of the first round this year is apparently weaker than normal.

He has 2 years left at a great cap hit. Whoever acquires him gets him for two playoff runs, and they don't have to give up term beyond next year. If a team like Toronto goes for an equivalent player in free agency, the AAV is higher and they probably need to give up 3-4 years of term.

The two firsts rumour from 2023 was a bit much, but a late 1st in a weak draft for a veteran 3rd liner with a low cap hit and ideal term, whose style of play should translate to playoff hockey, yes.
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Is this really true though? I've heard it described as top heavy, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the draft has no depth. In fact, there are a number of sources saying that it is a top heavy draft with depth, the only "weakness" in it are that there isn't a Celebrini type that is projected to be a sure fire superstar. I don't think this year's late first round picks are necessarily weaker than other years, and the draft does appear to have more depth after the first.
 
ManofSteel55 said:
Is this really true though? I've heard it described as top heavy, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the draft has no depth. In fact, there are a number of sources saying that it is a top heavy draft with depth, the only "weakness" in it are that there isn't a Celebrini type that is projected to be a sure fire superstar. I don't think this year's late first round picks are necessarily weaker than other years, and the draft does appear to have more depth after the first.
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It's a shit draft
 
LickTheEnvelope said:
2nd round pick + mid prospect type return I imagine.
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This could be a fair projection. I'd be interested in doing a 2nd and 3rd, but only if Philly takes a little short term cap to balance it out. That said, my team isn't one of the ones that is reported to be after him, so the cap balancing doesn't necessarily have to come in to play here.

FlyguyOX said:
It's a shit draft
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That's the narrative here. It doesn't necessarily align with the narrative everywhere else. It always seems to be deemed a shit draft here if there are no superstars in it.
 
ManofSteel55 said:
This could be a fair projection. I'd be interested in doing a 2nd and 3rd, but only if Philly takes a little short term cap to balance it out. That said, my team isn't one of the ones that is reported to be after him, so the cap balancing doesn't necessarily have to come in to play here.


That's the narrative here. It doesn't necessarily align with the narrative everywhere else. It always seems to be deemed a shit draft here if there are no superstars in it.
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No, it's that there's no players any can get excited about past the top 10iish. Sometimes people are excited about players into pick 20ish. Reading that from other draft experts as well.
 
I really hope Toronto stays away from this player. He brings absolutely nothing to the Leafs that they don’t have.
 
FlyguyOX said:
No, it's that there's no players any can get excited about past the top 10iish. Sometimes people are excited about players into pick 20ish. Reading that from other draft experts as well.
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It seems like it might be an unexciting draft for those who only care about the top end guys, but from what I read, this is an incredibly deep draft, with rounds 2 - 4 far more likely to hit as NHL'ers than in most years. So like I said earlier, no stars = bad draft narrative, when that isn't necessarily the case.
 
ManofSteel55 said:
It seems like it might be an unexciting draft for those who only care about the top end guys, but from what I read, this is an incredibly deep draft, with rounds 2 - 4 far more likely to hit as NHL'ers than in most years. So like I said earlier, no stars = bad draft narrative, when that isn't necessarily the case.
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I haven't read that anywhere. Where did you read it?
 
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