Proposal: Three Leaf trades, , Ducks, Sharks, Stars

[Hockey 4 Life]

To
Leafs
Zellweger

To
Ducks
Woll
2026 3rd

To
Leafs
2026 4th

To
Sharks
Rielly


To
Leafs
Bourque
Lyubushkin

To
Stars
Carlo 50% retained
Robertson

I think all of these deals help each team and fits needs for each roster. Changed the deals slightly to reflect feedback given in the thread.

 

[hamzarocks]

1) I dont want to retain on Rielly.Would just do Rielly at 7.5M for a 4th vs getting a 2nd

2) Woll + Benoit for Zellweger is fine

3) Carlo + Robertson cap wise works to like 6M (3.5M Carlo plus Robertson likely at 2.5M). Not sure the Stars want to take that much capspace even if they are clearing Lyubshkins deal

But overall the names mentioned are pretty common and potential targets linked to the leafs with out going players being similarly dangled in fan proposals. I expect we get a fair bit of the below group this summer (not all but I expect we end with 3 or 4 of the 6 below)

Raddysh
Zellweger
Drury
Bourque
Hayton
Kesselring

 

[Eegs]

Anaheim is going to want more than Woll and Benoit for Zellweger. I don't see how those 2 players would be of any interest to them.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Anaheim is going to want more than Woll and Benoit for Zellweger. I don't see how those 2 players would be of any interest to them.

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

 

[Djp]

To
Leafs
Zellweger

To
Ducks
Woll
Benoit

Why! This does not help Anaheim

To
Leafs
Avs 2nd (2026) from sharks

To
Sharks
Rielly 10% retained
2026 3rd

Toronto needs to retain more.

To
Leafs
Bourque
Lyubushkin

To
Stars
Carlo
Robertson

This is bad for Dallas. You are sending them more cap.

They need cap space to sign Robertson so they would trade Lyub to create cap space. They don’t know on Seguin and LTIR.

 

[Eegs]

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

They could sign players to fill those roles. No need to trade a player with Zellweger's upside for them.

 

[Cas]

I would not accept Rielly. I certainly would not accept paying anything for Rielly.

 

[Rec T]

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

The Ducks already tried out Benoit for 100+ games. There's a reason they moved on from him. They're also very deep at LD.

Woll could probably be had far cheaper than Zell.

No thanks

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Why does Anaheim do thisL


Toronto needs to retain more.

This is bad for Dallas. You are sending them more cap.

They need cap space to sign Robertson so they would trade Lyub to create cap space. They don’t know on Seguin and LTIR.

Leafs wont need to retain more then 10% to get a 3rd round pick in value, that just silly. Ducks need a 1b goaltender and Benoit can play well on the bottom pair. Regarding the Dallas trade the value is fair but yes maybe to much cap going to the stars.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Benoit won’t go back to Ducks. Woll for Zell is probably around fair value.

Retaining on Rielly to move up less than 10 spots in the draft makes no sense.

Last one, sure. Leafs can retain 50% on Carlo to help with cap as well.

 

[MoneyManny]

Both Carlson and Trouba are UFA's, Anaheim is going to keep Zellweger.

 

[Rec T]

Anaheim is going to want more than Woll and Benoit for Zellweger. I don't see how those 2 players would be of any interest to them.

They could add Carlo to fill the trifecta of players Anaheim wouldn't want ...

 

[MisterT]

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

Beniot already has been let go by the Anaheim regime. I doubt they want him back. Woll and a 3rd would be fair but Anaheim likely finds better offers elsewhere.

 

[Djp]

They could sign players to fill those roles. No need to trade a player with Zellweger's upside for them.

Buffalo has 4 goalies under contract for next year that aren’t waiver exempt.

Lyon is more than half Woll salary and only 1 yr. Thry have Ellis and Levi who are near league min.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Anaheim is going to want more than Woll and Benoit for Zellweger. I don't see how those 2 players would be of any interest to them.

What has Zellweger done aside from being a 7th D on one of the worst defensive teams in the league to warrant that return?

 

[Eegs]

What has Zellweger done aside from being a 7th D on one of the worst defensive teams in the league to warrant that return?

He's 22 and has played 2 full season in the NHL. I'd say that alone is a feather in his cap. He's also very much an offensive defenseman so not sure how his teams defense should be his cross to bear. Have you watched him? He has his warts, but the offensive upside is obvious if you've spent any time watching him.

Also, 7th D is disingenuous. How to you get to play 76 games as the 7th D?

 

[FiveTacos]

What has Zellweger done aside from being a 7th D on one of the worst defensive teams in the league to warrant that return?

He played 76 games this year. He wasn't a 7th D, he got scratched fewer times than Mintyukov, Helleson, Moore, etc..

And if being on a bad defensive team devalues the guys in the D corps, then we need to apply that same argument when Leafs fans claim a bunch of their D should each be worth a 1st.

 

[barriers]

He's 22 and has played 2 full season in the NHL. I'd say that alone is a feather in his cap. He's also very much an offensive defenseman so not sure how his teams defense should be his cross to bear. Have you watched him? He has his warts, but the offensive upside is obvious if you've spent any time watching him.

Also, 7th D is disingenuous. How to you get to play 76 games as the 7th D?

In all fairness, 1 of those games was as a forward

 

[waitin425]

Everything on the Leafs roster outside of Matthews, Nylander, Tavares and Knies can be found on the open UFA market.

They have nothing to offer anyone that can't be found for free.

Their best strategy would be to move on from Matthews and Nylander and signal a massive rebuild.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Trades 2 and 3 are fine, you have to offer more to get Zellweger in trade 1.

 

[HockeyVirus]

He's 22 and has played 2 full season in the NHL. I'd say that alone is a feather in his cap. He's also very much an offensive defenseman so not sure how his teams defense should be his cross to bear. Have you watched him? He has his warts, but the offensive upside is obvious if you've spent any time watching him.

Also, 7th D is disingenuous. How to you get to play 76 games as the 7th D?

Cool so he's Connor Timmins. Not trading Woll + for that

 

[dracom]

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

ducks already had Benoit, don't think they're interested in bringing him back. woll is a fine backup, but i think we could get more value from zell than a mid pick and a backup goalie and a defenseman we dont need

 

[HockeyVirus]

Everything on the Leafs roster outside of Matthews, Nylander, Tavares and Knies can be found on the open UFA market.

They have nothing to offer anyone that can't be found for free.

Their best strategy would be to move on from Matthews and Nylander and signal a massive rebuild.

Amazing how confidently incorrect you are.

 

[dracom]

Cool so he's Connor Timmins. Not trading Woll + for that

this is a really disingenuous thing to say when Timmins highest GP was 51 and highest point total was 14. Zell played 76 games this season and 62 last season. Zell also put up more points than Timmins ever did.

 

[Rooch]

Woll is a 1b tandem guy who the ducks could definitely use. Benoit is a cheap and physical bottom pair LD who can provide good depth for the ducks.

The Ducks have plenty of depth on defense. What they need are top pairing guys.