Proposal: Leafs acquire a defenseman

[WTFMAN99]

Yeah what a novel idea right? Leafs obviously need defenseman.

So there is obviously prime aged, young, or prospect level to go for.

Right now we have assets available;

Roster players with value - JVR, Bozak, Soshnikov
Defense (minimal value) - Hunwick, Corrado, Polak

Prospects with value we can part with

Forward - Bracco, Kapanen, Johnson, Lindberg, Leipsic, Timashov, Grundstrom (would hurt)

Defense - Valiev

Goalie - N/A we really only have Andersen and Woll is so far out...

Picks - Pretty much every pick minus our 1st round pick is available.

Cap dumps - We may be able to take a bit of salary back to help facilitate a deal.

Anyone else feel free to bring up, I tried to bring up the notables who'd have value in other fan's eyes.

If you've read this far, you're probably thinking this is all well and good but blah blah, Leaf's scraps again. Not true, some good top 6 talent or projectable top 6 talent. Valiev is a pretty good defensive prospect as well.

So i'd like to throw out some names prospect wise or roster player wise from other teams the Leafs would have varying degrees of interest in and ask if any combination of the above assets would interest you enough to part with that piece? Does your team need more forward prospects or roster players and want to parlay some defense? Re-coup some picks?

Thanks in advance for your constructive contribution to the thread.

Tanev (VAN)
McCavoy (BOS)
Fabbro (NSH)
Carlo (BOS)
Juulsen (MTL)
McKeown (CAR)
Santini (NJD)
Pulock (NYI)
Myers (PHI)
Myers (WPG)
Bowey (WSH)
Honka (DAL)
Schmaltz (STL)
Vannelli (STL)
Trouba (WPG)
Montour (ANA)
Stone (ARI)
Andersson (CAL)
Moverare (LAK)

I did aim pretty high with this and imagine i'll have half the fan bases in the league making some sort of sarcastic comment but I figured it made more sense to base it all in here rather then make 20 threads.

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[dream43]

I don't really see any team willing to give up there D-Man for what we have to offer. Most of our offers would either:

a) It's not worth it for the other team (value wise)
b) Creates another hole for the team making the trade
c) Already have plenty of players similar to the ones we have to offer.

The most available player is probably either Tyler Myers or Michael Stone (if no extension is signed) and for Myers the Jets would want back a #3 LD (Gardner) and that's where the convo stops.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

ok against my better judgement i'll bite what are you offering for Moverare?

 

[sansabri]

Didn't you already do a similar thread not too long ago? Might be mixing you with another poster.

As a Habs fan, there's nothing of interest for us to trade Juulsen for (speaking value wise).

 

[Nuckles]

Tanev isn't available for what you have listed. Gudbranson, on the other hand, could be had for something like Kapenen, Dermott/Nielsen, and a cap dump not named Lupul/Horton.

 

[dream43]

ok against my better judgement i'll bite what are you offering for Moverare?

Brown/Kapanen for Moverare

 

[TimeZone]

Tanev isn't available for what you have listed. Gudbranson, on the other hand, could be had for something like Kapenen, Dermott/Nielsen, and a cap dump not named Lupul/Horton.

Kapanen isn't going anywhere for the likes of Erik Gudbranson...let alone Kapanen & our best D prospect (Nielson)......Gudbranson sucks.

 

[Empoleon8771]

So basically other teams give you their top D or top D prospect and you just give up spare parts? Okay.

 

[WhatWhat]

Honka is not for sale

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

If that's all the Leafs are willing to give up then they're not going to make any improvements on defense. A top 4 D is pretty expensive these days, and rightfully so as they seem to be the hardest to draft and develop.

 

[TimeZone]

So basically other teams give you their top D or top D prospect and you just give up spare parts? Okay.

Yep. Kapanen, and Grundstrom sure are scrubs.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Brown/Kapanen for Moverare

counter Tobias Lindberg and a 4th

 

[Jeebs]

I would put our 1st with 1 year of top 3 protection in play as well.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Yep. Kapanen, and Grundstrom sure are scrubs.

In terms of getting a proven top 4 dman? Yes they are, if the Leafs offered that the other team would block their number.

 

[Tatar Shots]

The Leafs are in a good spot to add a quality guy right before the expansion draft. With Zaitzev exempt they don't have a third guy remotely near worth protecting and they have an abundance of prospect depth to get a deal done. I'd expect something to get done then.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yep. Kapanen, and Grundstrom sure are scrubs.

Grundstrom was a late 2nd round pick last summer and Kapanen is a good wing prospect (not great, good). Neither are going to be main pieces for a top-4 D or a top end D prospect. I wouldn't trade Pouliot for Kapanen or Grundstrom and he's probably on par with most of the D prospects listed.

 

[dream43]

counter Tobias Lindberg and a 4th

deal lol

 

[iBELEAF]

Tanev isn't available for what you have listed. Gudbranson, on the other hand, could be had for something like Kapenen, Dermott/Nielsen, and a cap dump not named Lupul/Horton.

2 of our top prospect for a 4-5 dmen

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

If Bracco is a right wing I would trade Andersson for him but otherwise think he stays in Calgary. Looms like he's a real player for sure

 

[Edgelord]

The Leafs are in a good spot to add a quality guy right before the expansion draft. With Zaitzev exempt they don't have a third guy remotely near worth protecting and they have an abundance of prospect depth to get a deal done. I'd expect something to get done then.

I can see that, not many teams will be able to take on a player who needs protecting.
Some teams are looking at loosing a decent top 4 guy for nothing so if they were offered a 2nd+Kap I think they would go for it.

 

[Jeebs]

2 of our top prospect for a 4-5 dmen

Tanev is better than a 4-5 dman. He would be really good with Rielly.

 

[Big Easy]

Montour is a guy Id like to go after. The Ducks just have so many D. And I don't think he would cost an arm and a leg to acquire.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Take Girardi and Staal. Staal you can have for cheap; Girardi you can have for nothing.

 

[Jeebs]

What kind of RD would a 1st (top 3 protected for 1 year) Kapanen and Dermott get you?

*edit* RD would have to be 24 or younger.

 

[dream43]

Montour is a guy Id like to go after. The Ducks just have so many D. And I don't think he would cost an arm and a leg to acquire.

I'd think we have a better chance at getting Vatanen as not only can Montour replace him due to their similar style, They would save cap and Montour is exempt from the expansion draft. Ducks fans are pretty high on Montour and rightfully so. Obviously this would be a trade made after the playoff's but even than I'm not sure we would have the right deal to satisfy the Ducks need's.