Confirmed with Link: Leafs Acquire Brandon Carlo 15 Retention for Fraser Minten Cond 2026 1st Round Pick and A 2025 4th Round Pick

[Stephen]

Maybe Minten will fit better in Boston?

Win-Win

If things go according to the usual Boston Toronto script Minten will turn out to be the next Patrice Bergeron.

 

[KMNRB]

It's not too long ago when theAthletic projected Minten as a 4th line center in our prospect ranking.

 

[ULF_55]

It's not too long ago when theAthletic projected Minten as a 4th line center in our prospect ranking.

Magic potion.

 

[GQS]

Should've not done the Laughton deal at all and if you still wanted Carlo then trade a 1st and Grebenkin at most. Laughton right now isn't doing anything more than Minten when he played for the Leafs and possibly even less. Should've just kept playing Minten at 3C and see if he could adapt and handle it and if not send him down and wait until next year. Giving up a 1st and Grebs for Laughton is looking increasingly horrible for the Leafs.

Give me a 20 year old Minten who will likely be at least as good as prime Laughton if not better for the next 10 years on the Leafs over a 30 year old center who doesn't seem to excel at anything for us that we paid a heavy price for.

 

[arso40]

It's not too long ago when theAthletic projected Minten as a 4th line center in our prospect ranking.

That’s their opinion minten bottoms out at 3c in my opinion the kid is smart defensively sound can shoot the pucc and he’s barely legally an adult ffs

 

[ULF_55]

Should've not done the Laughton deal at all and if you still wanted Carlo then trade a 1st and Grebenkin at most. Laughton right now isn't doing anything more than Minten when he played for the Leafs and possibly even less. Should've just kept playing Minten at 3C and see if he could adapt and handle it and if not send him down and wait until next year. Giving up a 1st and Grebs for Laughton is looking increasingly horrible for the Leafs.

Give me a 20 year old Minten who will likely be at least as good as prime Laughton if not better for the next 10 years on the Leafs over a 30 year old center who doesn't seem to excel at anything for us that we paid a heavy price for.

If Berube won't use a player that isn't on the GM.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Skullz]

Matches the eye-test. Really like his fit.

 

[sxvnert]

Glad this trade seems to be working out.

 

[sxvnert]

If Berube won't use a player that isn't on the GM.

Berube is probably the main reason Tre made the deal

 

[Roo]

Solid fit, as expected. Good to see things working so fast. I’m sure he and Mo will get even better with more games. His playoff pedigree will help us too.

 

[leafsfan5]

He's been excellent, fits like a glove on the team for his role

It's been funny seeing Bruins fans bend over backwards telling us he sucks. Seems like he works just fine as a #4

 

[thewave]

The good trade

 

[Puckstuff]

He's been excellent, fits like a glove on the team for his role

It's been funny seeing Bruins fans bend over backwards telling us he sucks. Seems like he works just fine as a #4

He was a mainstay in Boston as a top-four defenseman in prior years, but his play declined, and he wasn't a good fit with Zadorov. Zadorov is more of a physical, stay-at-home defenseman, and Carlo is also a stay-at-home defenseman, making the fit a bit awkward. They struggled together, and neither was particularly elite at moving the puck.

From a fit perspective, he makes much more sense playing with the Leafs. The Leafs are in win-now mode and needed a stay-at-home right defenseman for Rielly, whereas Boston is retooling and needs a more offensive-minded right defenseman to pair with Zadorov. Carlo is a 10/10 fit with Leafs, but just wasn't in Boston.

People will sensationalize the trade on either end, but each team has a different need and are at different stages. think it's simply a good trade for both teams, in my opinion.

 

[Sypher04]

Should've not done the Laughton deal at all and if you still wanted Carlo then trade a 1st and Grebenkin at most. Laughton right now isn't doing anything more than Minten when he played for the Leafs and possibly even less. Should've just kept playing Minten at 3C and see if he could adapt and handle it and if not send him down and wait until next year. Giving up a 1st and Grebs for Laughton is looking increasingly horrible for the Leafs.

Give me a 20 year old Minten who will likely be at least as good as prime Laughton if not better for the next 10 years on the Leafs over a 30 year old center who doesn't seem to excel at anything for us that we paid a heavy price for.

Way too early to pass judgement.
Laughton hasn’t found his game here yet but that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to.
Price was heavy, but bottom 6 players like Laughton are the kind teams win with.
I expect he’ll make his impact felt in the playoffs

 

[Gary Nylund]

Way too early to pass judgement.
Laughton hasn’t found his game here yet but that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to.
Price was heavy, but bottom 6 players like Laughton are the kind teams win with.
I expect he’ll make his impact felt in the playoffs

I sure hope so! But whether that happens or not, the Leafs window is closing, they have this year and one maybe two at most after that before their D is simply too old to contend so if Laughton can help us now, that's way more important than what Minten might do over the next 10 years.

I don't have much hope of winning the cup with this group but having gone this far and with core locked up with NMC's, may as well go for it.

 

[LeafSteel]

Liked this trade immediately.

Finally addressed 2RHD in a meaningful way.

Hard to lose Minten but if we had filled 2C properly there wasn’t going to be anywhere in the lineup for Minten going forward.

We lost a good prospect and a 1st but we got value back and Carlo figures to be an important player here going forward.