Confirmed with Link: Leafs acquire Brandon Carlo (15% retention) for Fraser Minten, cond. 2026 1st round pick and a 2025 4th round pick

[LeafalCrusader]

Any word on the salary retention?

 

[keonsbitterness]

Sorry, freedom of speech is still a thing (at least for now)………

That's an American thing, and it doesn't apply to private websites. They can edit or delete any post (like mine might be).

 

[GoonieFace]

Haven’t watched a ton of Carlo, but seems to fit a need. Would have liked more of a puck mover back there, but this is an upgrade.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Said it before the biggest win for the Leafs is that Dallas established the ceiling for both Knies and MM after signing Rantanen and Johnson.

That's a great point. 96 million for an 8 yr term should tell the Marner camp that perhaps asking for 13 million a year might be too high.

 

[SprDaVE]

Yes, I missed that, don’t see the relevance of just Canadian teams being included, I guess this has something to do with the tariff wars?

TSN caters to the Canadian markets since they are only shown in Canadian markets.

 

[likecheese]

And carlo is 28 and was playing in Boston top 4 since he's 20 and made a huge difference in probably the best defensive team last decade.

Carlo is not a sexy player but treliving traded today for grit and caracter. Player who understand what they can do to help the team and who will do it...

Carlo doing everything right in the defensive end. Clear the front of the net to help goalie, an amaizing penalty killer so don't need to play with timmins/ myers on PK anymore and will put everyone on the right chair.

Leafs moved from 0 RHD of quality ---> pretty solid shutdown RHD. Like Tanev signing, it was not the sexiest move but extremely useful and expect the same exact thing with Carlo

Timmins and Myers pk'ing in a game 7 is the stuff nightmares are made of. Picking up 2 solid pk'ers isn't glamorous but could be the difference in a series.

 

[Macallan18]

Well, I am content. Truth is for the first time forever we have solid goaltending and an ok defense.
Big boys have to step up and score!!!

 

[SprDaVE]

Any word on the salary retention?

Not much is known about the deal. All we know is that Minten and a 1st are involved.

Leafs haven't even announced it yet.

 

[rojac]

I think Boston could be retaining a significant amount of Carlo's salary for this year and the next two hence the high price of Minton awhind a first, while Pittsburgh retains another chunk in exchange for Dewar and Timmins. Could be as much as 75% retention (Boston retaining 50%, Pittsburgh 25%)

 

[Evilhomer]

With NJ losing J Hughes, Carolina having to move Ranta, the Caps are the biggest threat out of the Metro. The road to the SC goes through Florida. It will not be easy to knock off both.

The leafs will only have to beat one of them, and they have pretty easily handled Tampa over the past couple of years.

 

[rojac]

Not much is known about the deal. All we know is that Minten and a 1st are involved.
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Leafs haven't even announced it yet.

I think Friedman just said a few minutes ago that the trade call was in process.

 

[Donnie740]

Half the fanbase is hoping everything fails because being right is way more important than the Leafs winning.

There’s also a portion of the fan base that’s still unhinged about their hero being fired as GM and are desperately hoping everything Treliving does is a failure.

 

[The Management]

I won't lie, I hate that it's Boston. Old wounds.

With that said, it's a top four, right shot defenseman on the right side of age thirty with good size and term on his contract. That's a bit of a rare package in today's NHL.

 

[hamzarocks]

I Wish we had gotten Geekie as well

Id feel a lot better if we had added 2Fs and 1D

Geekie being only 26 would be a good fit. Likely bruins wanted Cowan instead of Minten which would be too much

 

[rumman]

That's an American thing, and it doesn't apply to private websites. They can edit or delete any post (like mine might be).

These facts are true and depressing………

 

[kevsh]

The leafs will only have to beat one of them, and they have pretty easily handled Tampa over the past couple of years.

Not if the Leafs finish 2nd/3rd. And Vasi is back on form.

He was very shaky last time the Leafs played the Bolts in the post-season and even though Tampa was coming off 3 straight final appearances and clearly gassed Toronto still needed OT in game 6 to beat them.

Don't delude yourself, both FL teams will be tough outs and there's a very good chance we will have to beat both.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

The team needed a depth defenseman. I didn't expect giving up a 1st and a prospect for it though. Not sure what to say. I hope Tanev comes back soon. If so, this might be the best d-core they've had in awhile. Honestly, I have no opinion. Dunno what to think. We've been burned many times giving up 1sts at the deadline.

 

[ToneDog]

The leafs will only have to beat one of them, and they have pretty easily handled Tampa over the past couple of years.

This Tampa team is playing much better than the Tampa teams that have lost to the Leafs this year. Your making a huge assumption if you think they will only have to play one of them. They are in tough the next few games and could find themselves in 3rd by the end of next week.

 

[DarkKnight]

Perhaps, lets revisit this conversation in late April……..

Exactly, be negative when it's time.
Like I do every year, if you don't have hope, what's the point. To me, this is the best team we've had, particularly with Stolarz, so let's see what they do. It still comes down to this core delivering.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Leafs also believed that guys like Mason Marchment and Trevor Moore didn't have much more offensive upside than what they showed in their few games with the team and it turned out that they did have more to give when they were given larger roles.

Minten played 19 games with the Leafs for barely 12 mins a game mostly with guys who aren't exactly offensive juggernauts. I guess we'll see if he has more to give when someday he's given a bigger role with better players.

As for Carlo I'm hoping that he'll be great for the Leafs, but its kinda hard to be excited when Bruins fans aren't sad at all to see him traded.

Bruins fans are pretty sour on their entire team. They're going to miss the playoffs, pretty normal to feel your players suck. If they're saying that Carlo isn't a top 4 dman, then they're being unrealistic.

As for Minten, he's got 6 goals and 7 assists in 26 games with the Marlies. In addition, he has a -10 with a good Marlie team. If you're waiting from him to turn into anything more than a 3C you'll be waiting a long time.

 

[GQS]

And carlo is 28 and was playing in Boston top 4 since he's 20 and made a huge difference in probably the best defensive team last decade.

Carlo is not a sexy player but treliving traded today for grit and caracter. Player who understand what they can do to help the team and who will do it...

I'm fine with getting a player like Carlo if he's at his best, but that's the thing when it seems like he hasn't been at his best for a while. Maybe he'll be good again with a change of scenery, but I'm not exactly feeling reassured and full of optimism when few Bruins fans are sad to see him go and were hoping Sweeney would trade him than keep him.

 

[QJo]

Said it before the biggest win for the Leafs is that Dallas established the ceiling for both Knies and MM after signing Rantanen and Johnson.

Unfortunately I'm sure the argument will be made that before tax Marner will still need more than 12M.

 

[Confucius]

Half the fanbase is hoping everything fails because being right is way more important than the Leafs winning.

You thinking that, says a lot about how you would react.

 

[Kiwi]

That's an American thing, and it doesn't apply to private websites. They can edit or delete any post (like mine might be).

That's a pretty sad indictment on the rest of the world

 

[BTP]

Our entire D Core is locked up for at LEAST the next 2 years. Very solid. Now add some serious forwards in the off season. Marchand may likely just be a rental

That florida team is going to annihilate the east again, focus on next year.