Trades & Free Agency Thread: 2024-2025 - Trade Deadline Approaches

[Hotpot]

Getting Armia for cheap and have something like Armia - Tavares - Nylander would be nice

 

[Roo]

Risto would be a solid add for this team. I like what he brings and I think it would work really well with Rielly. But the price has to be right, given the term on his deal. Connor Murphy would be a good pickup too. Luke is probably the safest bet, simple physical game and we know he fits with Morgan. Shouldn’t cost much.

At fwd, I’d just go for a 3c. I’d look for value there. Laughton could be good but the interest tells me there will be overpayment here.

 

[Budz]

Not sure Chicago has the retention slot we would need to make that work if they plan on trading Seth Jones this season.

Chicago could take our contracts we may need to unload. Possibilities being:
Kampf
Jankrok
Domi (I’d keep him)

Savard @50%
For
2nd

Murphy 4.4
For
1rst
Kampf 2.4
Jarnkrok 2.1

Waive Reeves
Run a 20/21 man roster

That still leaves room for a Centre.

 

[Clark4Ever]

The more I think about it, the more I dislike the idea of giving up Minten in a package for B. Schenn. Minten could very well be ready to assume the 3C role next season at a fraction of the AAV and may provide similar production. I would be willing to part with Domi and a 1st and scraps for Schenn with retention. Otherwise, it's not worth it in my opinion.

 

[nuck]

Strome is a decent enough player, but do we need a 3c who little else aside from decent offense?

Not ideal for sure but he permanently pushes Kampf out of the top 9 and gives the wingers someone they can maybe produce with so he makes the club better. My thought was that his cost, relative to some other options, could tip the scales if they want a better D addition.

Almost anyone but Schenn IMO because they have no value contracts and he seems to have really declined from what he was a couple of years ago. As a rental or if the club had let one of the big 3 go they could make the space, but just too much money this club to absorb for a guy with 3 years x $6.5 left.

Laughton has had a bit of a bounce back year but that may be directly connected to him being no longer used much at center (distant 4th on the team in FO this year). The contract means it can't be a deal that murders them for years like Schenn so if the price is right and there are no other options maybe but.....

I thought if not Cozens then maybe Hayton but his recent hat trick came at exactly the wrong time. Then we get into players Pageau, Kunin ,Evans or Bjugstad that are in tough to produce better than Kampf. They help but they don't really solve the #3c hole.

Brock Nelson? A pure rental who pks a little bit. I am 100% confidant he would outscore Schenn and probably Strome (2.26 pp60 vs 2.05 this year) Another primary OZ% guy which means JT stays with a lot of DZ starts but you can only the skill sets that are available right? They had said they wanted an add with some term too but there has to be that guy available.

 

[uncleben]

So what? He disliked Keefe !!! Even more of a reason NOT to re-acquire him. He abandoned his Leaf teammates for a petty dislike of the head coach. He also abandoned the people of Ontario, his birth place!!!

f*** ROR !!!

Dude, he owes you nothing

 

[Al14]

Dude, he owes you nothing

And, we owe him nothing as well!!! He can rot in Trumpland for all of eternity.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

 

[Torontonian]

COL got depth for 2nd and 4th only. Not bad.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Don't think I like that trade for Colorado.

Lindgren has, in my very limited perception, struggled the last couple years. He went from a player I wanted to one I would avoid.

That said, he'll probably be amazing now that I've weighed in.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

COL got depth for 2nd and 4th only. Not bad.

Lindgren has been kinda bad the last two seasons, but maybe a change of scenery will help

Vesey is fine as a 4th liner

 

[ToneDog]

The more I think about it, the more I dislike the idea of giving up Minten in a package for B. Schenn. Minten could very well be ready to assume the 3C role next season at a fraction of the AAV and may provide similar production. I would be willing to part with Domi and a 1st and scraps for Schenn with retention. Otherwise, it's not worth it in my opinion.

Minten is probably a #4C. Domi has negative value at this point.

 

[Rare Jewel]

Dude, he owes you nothing

No, no, he besmirched the motherland and must be dealt with.

 

[The Podium]

Minten is probably a #4C. Domi has negative value at this point.

Minten is already a 4C. Hard to say if he has more to give offensively, but it’s silly to say with any confidence that he’s maxed his potential at 19.

 

[Rare Jewel]

And, we owe him nothing as well!!! He can rot in Trumpland for all of eternity.

Some players just aren't cut out for Toronto, and that's fine. In fact, there may be some still with the team. lol

 

[nuck]

I may be out there but id prefer ROR over Schenn. Gourde would be a solid bottom 6 add irregardless. Course this is all without knowing price. I wouldn’t pay much for Gourde.

There is nothing out there about liking ROR. His deal is good and he is the best 200ft option. Plus 28 ppp in 23-24, $2M less than Schenn and only on the books for 2 more years. I heard he didn't like the coach, or also he didn't like the culture, or he didn't like the attention getting stopped by fans on the street. A lot of this seems to be guessing from some anonymous sources. Below is from a 2023 Sportsnet article.

“It was and is an amazing place to play,” said O’Reilly, who grew up a couple of hours west of the city. “Just putting on that jersey, you can just feel the love that comes with it, how much pride people take in that jersey. Its hockey’s team. … It was definitely not an easy decision not (to re-sign) there.”

"Above all, O’Reilly said, the Predators offered him more opportunity than the Maple Leafs could. He is expected to start the season as the first-line centre and, along with former Maple Leafs defenceman Luke Schenn, play a leading role in mentoring the team’s crop of up-and-comers. (Of course, it did not hurt that the Predators offered O’Reilly, who described himself as “an old 32,” more money as well.)"

The more money comment I think could relate to the tax situation because IIRC the contract offer from Tre was about the same as what he eventually took. Dreger had mentioned after the signing that term and money were not the issue. In interviews Tre has said O'Reilly loved his teammates and it was the spotlight and the atmosphere but that might not have been all. Is ROR going to say "I still think I'm more than a 3rd line center" or anything about the coach, and if he did, is Tre going to say that when the spotlight factor is such an easy, inoffensive out?

If Berube came in for Keefe after Dubas was let go does it seem like he might have stayed? Anyway ancient history but if they could get him they should. A much safer addition than Schenn or Laughton.

As far as Gourde I am absolutely on board because he will cost pennies on the dollar. They could add him and another center plus a D man.

 

[Dreakmur]

Not ideal for sure but he permanently pushes Kampf out of the top 9 and gives the wingers someone they can maybe produce with so he makes the club better. My thought was that his cost, relative to some other options, could tip the scales if they want a better D addition.

He makes 5 million, and Anaheim isn’t going retain for the next 2 years. That’s too much cap space to use on somebody who’s barely better than Domi at 3c.

Almost anyone but Schenn IMO because they have no value contracts and he seems to have really declined from what he was a couple of years ago. As a rental or if the club had let one of the big 3 go they could make the space, but just too much money this club to absorb for a guy with 3 years x $6.5 left.

Schenn at 6.5 isn’t a great offensive producer on his own, but he compliments offensive wingers well by being good enough offensively while also doing the dirty work. Think of him like a Hyman at center.

The contract and age aren’t ideal, and I wouldn’t pay the rumoured asking price… but he is the best fit by far available.

Laughton has had a bit of a bounce back year but that may be directly connected to him being no longer used much at center (distant 4th on the team in FO this year). The contract means it can't be a deal that murders them for years like Schenn so if the price is right and there are no other options maybe but.....

Laughton is a good option too. Less risk than Schenn, but less reward too.

I thought if not Cozens then maybe Hayton but his recent hat trick came at exactly the wrong time. Then we get into players Pageau, Kunin ,Evans or Bjugstad that are in tough to produce better than Kampf. They help but they don't really solve the #3c hole.

Pageau would be a good guy to replace the defensive burden Kampf takes… or he would be a good match with Nylander. He’s super fast, elite defensively, and has enough skill to just dish to offensive wingers.

The others could play 3c as long as Kampf stayed as the 4c.

Brock Nelson? A pure rental who pks a little bit. I am 100% confidant he would outscore Schenn and probably Strome (2.26 pp60 vs 2.05 this year) Another primary OZ% guy which means JT stays with a lot of DZ starts but you can only the skill sets that are available right? They had said they wanted an add with some term too but there has to be that guy available.

I wouldn’t target Nelson.

 

[ToneDog]

Minten is already a 4C. Hard to say if he has more to give offensively, but it’s silly to say with any confidence that he’s maxed his potential at 19.

I used the word "Probably" which does not exude confidence that he cannot be a #3. Now if I said, he is no more than a #4C, then you'd be right.

 

[ULF_55]

Minten is already a 4C. Hard to say if he has more to give offensively, but it’s silly to say with any confidence that he’s maxed his potential at 19.

Come on!

Leafs know that every player has maxed out at age 20.


You don't trade for a 20 year old thinking he's a finished product.

If' he's already shown he can play against NHLers, you have to give him credit, and expect he will get better.

I think we believe he can get better. Most 22 year olds are better than their 20 year old selves. Right?

 

[Legion34]

Sorry, to clarify, was Friedman reporting our interest or speculating/giving an opinion on who we should target?

I can definitely see Tre having interest.

Friedman said that we call on him a lot and to this point have been told not moving him.


They had a list of D targets and he said to put Larsen on the board because we want him and have been asking about him forever

 

[DougGilmour93]

What’s all this talk about Domi possibly being held out from practice? Is the thought really that he’s to be traded? Could it just be a maintenance day?
Thoughts…

I could see him in a package to get us Laughton…

 

[BurnTheBoats]

LTIR Matthews

Trade Cowan for Rantanen

 

[ULF_55]

Don't think I like that trade for Colorado.

Lindgren has, in my very limited perception, struggled the last couple years. He went from a player I wanted to one I would avoid.

That said, he'll probably be amazing now that I've weighed in.

Well, he was still Top 4 on the Rangers, and and Top 1 on the PK.

Not sure he was the reason Shesterken has become average?

 

[LeafEgo]

Brayden Schenn (at full cap hit) for Calle Jarnkrok + David Kampf + 2026 1st rd. pick

Brayden Schenn (at 4.5M) for David Kampf + Fraser Minten + 2026 1st rd. pick

Brayden Schenn (at 3.25M) for David Kampf + Fraser Minten + 2026 1st rd. pick + 2025 2nd rd. pick

We should try to upgrade 3C without downgrading 4C.

 

[ULF_55]

So Nashville has hung the For Sale sign up.

They are done.