Confirmed Trade: [TOR/STL/MIN] O'Reilly, Acciari, Pillar to TOR; Abramov, Gaudette, ‘23 1st, ‘23 3rd, ‘24 2nd to STL; ‘25 4th to MIN

[Mike Liut]

For Knies, yes.

would you rather give up a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Kneis?

 

[Paulinbc]

HAH!!!

ohhhh thank you. I needed a good hard laugh after the week I had.

 

[Burnie97]

Its just a comical trade with Dubas trying to save his job

Troll. Again. Calling you out lol

 

[MBH]

Lol how the hell does He recoup a first at the draft unless he gives up Knies

Shock the world.
Matthews for Arizona's top pick and Keller.
Win the lottery.
Get Bedard in Toronto.
A marriage made in hell for the rest of the NHL.

 

[mydnyte]

Now my question is does ROR play wing? OR do they go with the 3 headed monster down the middle and go get a JVR, or Bertuzzi? because they still can with ROR 75% retained

anything else will be on defense

 

[Morlu]

The Leafs definitely aren’t done. They gave up extra picks for the salary retention. They didn’t need too do that, they could’ve fit him in. Deals not bad if you look at the retention, that costs picks.

 

[The Management]

You know I don't come on the main boards much because it's this garbage with anything Leaf related but right now it's funny.

You knew all the Trolls were coming out.

Regular people can admit generally... yup bad trade or good trade or even decent trade without being an asshole... but then... the trolls.

So anti leaf it's comical. Not even real hockey fans. Just hatred for Leafs. Feel sorry for you folks.

Even if the trade ends up not working... you try and make people feel bad for being excited about it.

Yeah.. let that sink in... you're the f***ed ones.

HF: "Matthews is going to walk if the Leafs don't make a trade, but nobody wants their late picks and crappy overrated prospects anyways."

Also HF: "I can't believe they traded away a first round pick in one of the deepest drafts of all time. Adam Gaudette is the best player in the deal."

Finding nuance around here is like finding a needle in a haystack. I think the Blues did a tidy bit of business in this trade, and they're setting themselves up well for the draft.

 

[heilongjetsfan]

Gosh freakin' darn it! Of all the teams that didn't need Ryan O'Reilly, TML didn't need Ryan O'Reilly the most.

The only consolation here is that Boston, NYR and Carolina are all in their way and also, I cheer for a Western Conference team anyway.

 

[AvroArrow]

Its just a comical trade with Dubas trying to save his job

What's comical is how salty you are

 

[LokiDog]

Acciari is a veryyyy good bottom 6 player, we had a few proposals thrown around for him I'm pretty pumped with getting him in the deal as well

That’s plenty fair, I was just trying to simplify, but I took the 2nd and Gaudette out for Acciari which seems close. He may have fetched a touch more on his own, but in the scheme of this deal he’s a side piece. Still think Toronto made a real big splash with both pieces.

 

[JustNapalmIt]

HF: "Matthews is going to walk if the Leafs don't make a trade, but nobody wants their late picks and crappy overrated prospects anyways."

Also HF: "I can't believe they traded away a first round pick in one of the deepest drafts of all time. Adam Gaudette is the best player in the deal."

Finding nuance Round here is like finding a needle in a haystack. I think the Blues did a tidy bit of business in this trade, and they're setting themselves up well for the draft.

This trade is comical. Dubas trying to save his job at any cost. If this isnt the definition of acting in self interest & not as a fiduciary, nothing is.

 

[Sabre the Win]

All these trades are just to beat Tampa in the 1st round.

 

[NewEraGM]

Yeah they're not the team they used to be, they were already a step behind Toronto imo, this puts the Leafs at an even bigger advantage now. But they won their cups I'm sure their fans don't care, but it's exciting for us. Should've had them last year, but now it's basically Toronto added: ROR + Samsonov/Murray, Tampa lost McDonagh + Palat. Heavily swings the odds in Toronto's favor.

I know this isn’t a leaf fan underestimating the lightning! Can’t be!!!

 

[The don godfather]

Man imagine the leafs get knocked out by Tampa. You gotta admit it's the end of Shanahan and company and core at the same time.

 

[hawksrule]

Yikes. You can stick a fork in ROR. Toronto loses this trade badly.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I don't think ROR brings much but Acciari is a great depth winger.

 

[Chainshot]

You’d get a very angry Steve dangle video

Almost, almost worth it.

 

[NewEraGM]

The Leafs definitely aren’t done. They gave up extra picks for the salary retention. They didn’t need too do that, they could’ve fit him in. Deals not bad if you look at the retention, that costs picks.

How much cap space they have left?

 

[ToDavid]

This is purely in the wait and see category for me. I know he’s got the track record but I hate having to gamble on a guy having a brutal year.

Still, a lot better than a first for Foligno.

 

[NMacrules]

So the centers as I see it.

Matthews
Tavares
O'Rielly
Acciari.

That move just fixed the 3rd and 4th lines in one move. Acciari is better than Kerfoot.

That means Kerfoot HAS to be gone to free up that cap.
Expect Kerfoot to be included in the next package for a D man.
My 3 year old said it was going to be Ghost. Well, she might have been pointing at a ghost when she said it. Swing Kampf over to the wing.

 

[NewEraGM]

Man imagine the leafs get knocked out by Tampa. You gotta admit it's the end of Shanahan and company and core at the same time.

If leafs lose in round 1 or even round 2, this is a huge fail.

 

[one2gamble]

That seems expensive

 

[sfvega]

He's not worth that much, but we are a much better team today because of this trade. We did give up more than we should have but I like our chances much more than I did a couple hours ago. I've been preaching that this is the year we need to go all in, all year long. Dubas' job is on the line, and our core is still all here and in their primes. There's no clear juggernaut and this trade gives us as good of a chance as anyone. Hefty price, but you gotta take a big swing at some point or another. Only 1 team will win the cup, so whether it worked out or not remains to be determined.

But the biggest thing here is, we are a much better team now today because of this trade.

I agree. Which is why Blues fans thought it was weird that Leafs fans were so adamant about not going all-in with Dubas' job on the line. Most didn't want to trade the 1st at all, much less add to it. I'm not disagreeing with the price at all. I'm disagreeing with a large portion of the fanbase's hypocritical stance on it.

 

[Rob Brown]

So the centers as I see it.

Matthews
Tavares
O'Rielly
Acciari.

That move just fixed the 3rd and 4th lines in one move. Acciari is better than Kerfoot.

That means Kerfoot HAS to be gone to free up that cap.
Expect Kerfoot to be included in the next package for a D man.
My 3 year old said it was going to be Ghost. Well, she might have been pointing at a ghost when she said it.

I'd imagine Acciari plays wing because there's Kampf as well.

 

[AvroArrow]

I know this isn’t a leaf fan underestimating the lightning! Can’t be!!!

Go watch the series lmao Gotta love Wes !

Leafs were the better team last year, sadly the piss poor officiating determined the series. Now with Toronto improving their roster and Tampa getting worse, this swings the odds heavily in Torontos favor. If Tampa sits idle til the trade deadline, Leafs in 5