Confirmed Trade: [TOR/BOS] Brandon Carlo (15% retained) for Fraser Minten, cond. 2026 1st round pick (top 5 protected), 2025 4th round pick

If he's a Matt Stajan that's a pretty good get on it own. Stajan had a long successful career. I don't get all the Carlo hate. I quite liked him but he doesn't play to his size which is what I think annoyed most of us.
Man, Stajan is a throwback~!
 
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Carlo is decent but needs a talented quick d partner. I suppose Morgan Rielly qualifies. Beware though he is turnover -prone, attackable and diminished due to multiple concussions. Good guy and I wish him well though.
 
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Fraser Minten playing his first game since the trade.
At the 2nd intermission, the Providence Bruins are leading Springfield 4-1.
Minten has 3 goals and 1 assist.
Er, it was his 3rd game with Providence (after going scoreless in his first two), but good for him.

Definitely has a decent shot and gets it off pretty quick, just pretty rare that he makes such opportunities for himself.
 
Yup, it will he.
They didn’t have a first the year they drafted Cowan right? Dubas flipped Sandin to the Caps for Boston’s 1st rounder. Not sure what Leafs players fit that bill now though (well regarded young player whose progress in the org was apparently blocked)
 
They didn’t have a first the year they drafted Cowan right? Dubas flipped Sandin to the Caps for Boston’s 1st rounder. Not sure what Leafs players fit that bill now though (well regarded young player whose progress in the org was apparently blocked)
Yeah, that is correct. The Leafs could trade for a 1st rounder.
 
He’s actually been like the lone bright spot since the trade deadline for the Leafs. Sporting a 60% expected goal share while most of the team has been getting caved in.
I’m not saying he’s bad I’m just saying I don’t think he can’t salvage Rielly at this point.
 
I always thought Carlo was a good fit for Toronto and even posted that the Bruins owed the Leafs for the Kaberle trade.

This will be a win-win for both teams as the needs are now flipped for each franchise. I hope goes all the way to the Finals and lifts the Cup for the Leafs and Minten finds a permanent home in the NHL with the Bruins!
 
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I'm going to nerd out on economics for a minute here to discuss the Carlo deal. Price isn't based on value, price is based on scarcity. Carlo might be the 100th-120th best defenseman in the league, but he's the 30-40th best RD in the league, since 90 (or 75%) of the best 120 d-men in the league all play on the left side. I don't know why so many of the best D play the left side, but this is reality. The supply-demand imbalance pushes the price for RD higher.

So in essence, Carlo as a shutdown RD, is technically more scarce than a LD, who's slightly better than him, resulting in a higher price.

Also, the Leafs have Rielly as a puck mover on the left side, so a shutdown RD like Carlo (even if he doesn't offer much else) is much more valuable to us than another LD who puts up points i.e. a Brady Skjei type. Skjei might be "better" but isn't a RD, and wouldn't offer as much since we need someone on the right side that plays a pure shutdown role to help Rielly, and the contract isn't as good as Carlo.

Carlo is 6'5", cost-controlled for 3 years at only $3.485M, and actually good in front of the net. He's worth the price and I've watched him for 3 games, and he's the perfect partner for Rielly. He just wasn't a fit in Boston to play with Zadorov. This trade is a win-win for both sides, since Bosotn gets a good return for a player that wasn't a fit anymore, and Toronto gets a cost controlled 6'5 RD who's a match made in heaven to play with Rielly during our win now window.
 
This TDL, first rounders were being handed out like second rounders. Thankfully both Carlo and Laughton had term left on their deals.
 
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Thankfully both Carlo and Laughton had term left on their deals.

That's what people are overlooking when discussing the cost: Carlo has 2 years left on his deal after this one.

For a guy that's (for now) paired with Reilly - that is, not a 3rd pairing add - with a contract that's easily movable if the Leafs for whatever reason want to offload him at some point, the price was pretty reasonable when compared with other deals this TDL.
 
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