William Nylander
Petr Mrazek (50% retained)
Ryan Reaves
Alexander Georgiev
Braden Schneider
NYR 1st 2022
Rangers shore up high octane output on their wing from Nylander who is a PPG player in his prime while Kaako continues to figure it out, as well as a goalie in Mrazek who has some experience to back up Shesterkin and won't face a lot of puck to preserve his angel hair pasta groin.
Leafs fortify their fourth line with some serious grit, get a quality tandem goalie waiting for a pay day who will likely get around 2-2.5M$ per, plus a really good RHD prospect and a late 1st this year knowing that 2023 is a better draft class. And, yeah.... cap space to address other issues.
NYR have 13.5 million in cap space to sign 9 players to fill out a 23 man roster.
The important pending RFA/UFA's are Copp, Kakko, Blais and Motte.
Those four alone may clear out that 13 million or come thisclose to clearing that out.
Moving Nemeth will help, but I guess the overall point is that William Nylander would be a nice get, he's not a player the NYR's can afford
Regarding the package itself, two meh assets in Reaves and Geo, a 1st we do not have and Schneider which is where the conversation goes off the rails.
Not a value issue, more of a need and fit issue
Schneider is going through his trial by fire right now. Will not be drinking age until September and is playing a respectable 11:52 per night on one of the better defensive teams in the league (still standing in the playoffs)
His value to the Rangers as an inexpensive player that will remain relatively inexpensive for the next few years as the window to contention opens is a HUGE need for the Rangers. That value to the Rangers exceeds the value that Nylander brings and that's no knock,.
I like Willie, I like that he plays both wings. I'd love to see him on the RW to Chytil and Lafreniere. I think that line would do some insane things offensively, The issue is the current salary structure would not make much sense adding him.
I think the move the Leafs need to make is trading Marner. If the Leafs are happy with their D core, Marner would be the guy that would bring back better (MORE) depth up front, or would allow the Leafs to obtain a goalie that they can trust and lean on.
Overall, not a fit between the two teams.