That’s why it will be Lindholm plus for Willie and not the other way around.
Aho is not a good comparison as Lindholm doesn’t strike me as someone who see the ice like Aho.
Lindholm is really not as good as you describe.
False, so wrong. Wingers Don't have alot of value than a two way C. It remains funny how some think Nylander being a free agent in cap trouble world won't impact his value, much less In normal year
Your right that centers are more valuable and lindholm is solid defensively but you saw the difference a Johnny and chuccy make he had solid players on his line and looked more like a great 2nd line center no matter who you put Willy with he looks like an elite forward I would argue Willy’s value should be higher than lindholm no knocc on him though still a very good player id argue him with Tavares wouldn’t look as good as you think it would
He's not a free agent in a cap trouble world. He's a free agent in a rapidly expanding cap world.
Last 2 season he finished 2nd and 10th on selke and was producing at a similar rate than nylander last 2. But yes nylander offensivly is better...
NHL INSIDER DAVID PAGNOTTA PROVIDES UPDATE ON ILYA SAMSONOV, MATT MURRAY + MORE | Leafs Morning Take
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Since a busy first few days of free agency, it's been very quiet on the Leafs front. Having said that, with Ilya Samsonov's arbitration hearing scheduled for July 21st, Toronto's crease situation heading into next season will finally be sorted out soon. NHL Insider David Pagnotta (The Fourth Period, SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, NHL Network) joined Nick Alberga to discuss the very latest on that front. Additionally, they hit on William Nylander, Auston Matthews, & Toronto's D search, among other things.
Rumor: Maple Leafs looking to move T.J. Brodie for another defenseman.
An NHL insider believes the Maple Leafs are trying to add a defenseman, and that may make Brodie the odd man out.www.hockeyfeed.com
The Toronto Maple Leafs have already been relatively active this offseason, but despite that it sounds like the Leafs may have a big week ahead of them.
Not only will general manager Brad Treliving have to deal with the arbitration hearing for Ilya Samsonov set for this coming Friday, but the Leafs are also expected to either trade or buyout veteran goaltender Matt Murray when the buyout window opens up.
On top of this, recently National Hockey League insider David Pagnotta revealed that the Maple Leafs are hoping to add yet another piece over the course of the offseason, a stay-at-home type of defenseman.
"They'd like to," said Pagnotta when asked about the likelihood of the Maple Leafs adding to their blue line this summer. "They'd like to add a responsible guy because they added the offensive unit in [John] Klingberg."
Pagnotta largely dismissed the rumors that have linked the Maple Leafs to Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce, but rattled off a few other names that the Leafs might target.
"Noah Hanifin, I know there's ties there," said Pagnotta. "Nikita Zadorov more physical and defensive minded. Those are the two guys in Calgary that they are looking to move. Chris Tanev is out there too and he would be a great fit."
All of those players would come with their corresponding cap hits, and that raises questions about how the Leafs would make this all fit under the salary cap. Pagnotta had an answer for that as well, suggesting that moving veteran Maple Leafs defenseman T.J. Brodie may be part of the plan from Treliving.
"That also by the way likely means that someone else has to go, and that might explain why T.J. Brodie's name has been out there the last few weeks."
The problem with Brodie (in addition to his 5mil, and declining play) is that he is a 'soft' defensive d-man, with zero offense ...his offense is so bad, its negative; whenever he gets the puck in the offensive zone, its basically the end of any chance we had.
Yes and No.
In regards to Tanev for Brodie exchange conversation..
Yes and No.
Technically there is nothing illegal about trading a player and then having another team buy that player out.. Leafs traded Marleau with their 1st round pick, and Carolina bought out Patty Marleau contract.
However the catch here is there are 2 buyout windows in the NHL CBA, the 1st one occurs after the entry draft and before free agency begins July 1st at which time all teams can participate with no strings attached..
BUT ...
Only teams that have players that chose to go to Arbitration, get a 2nd opportunity for a 2nd buyout window... Leafs get one only because Samsonov chose that process. So for your idea to fly NOW, Leafs could only trade him to another team that also had a player choose arbitration process thus granting them a 2nd buyout window that follows shortly after the case is/was scheduled. The other catch is Murray contract comes with a "10 Team No Trade Clause". So Murray also can block a trade himself to 1/3 of the NHL teams thus preventing a buyout and allow him to get his full $8 mil salary this year.
So that leaves only teams with an Arbitration case & on Murray's trade list... Good Luck with that !!
PS. There was only 22 players including Sammy that chose Arbitration. and some teams had multiple players like Seattle (QTY 3), so total # of teams is very small.
Agreed.
enough in the past to touch that butt ugly Murray contract, and he did it for a mid round (3rd) and late round (7th) and that was with 2 years left. 
have been able to find another sucker to take on that deal with a sweetener tossed in, but it would have most likely already happened at the previous entry draft 2023 just concluded if that were to happen. IMO .. I LOL at the idea, and was dubious that there would be another GM naive enough to buy a mid round pick for a goalie that is still owed $6 mil in real salary, with his injury history and unreliability.
