Alex Nylander is the most intriguing piece mentioned here so far. Duclair+1st basically ok as an offer but I'm not just that into Duclair. None of the Toronto offers intice me at ALL, we've been through that road so many times there's no scenario there.
I'm in the same boat. Duclair+Min's 1st isn't a bad offer, but it's close to the Kapanen/Leaf's first that was bandied about, and I really don't see us being better with multiple pieces.
Nylander from Buffalo got my attention.
As a Leaf fan, here is the only post i will make in this thread:
There is no deal that will work between the fans of the Leafs/Nucks.
This man needs to be canonized. St. Liferleafer.
If AZ is picking 3rd and trying to decide between Vilardi and Liljegren and Vancouver is picking 4th, biting their fingernails and sweating about whether or not Liljegren is going to fall to them, I could definitely see a deal to be made. They get Liljegren and Duclair. We get Vilardi and Tanev. With some other picks and stuff sprinkled in. Like maybe Minny's 1st and Vancouver's 3rd or something like that.
I hesitate to do it. I value Duke so much more highly than most. It's tough. I think Duclair has another half dozen 20g seasons in him. But Tanev is the perfect fit for our D corps, IMO. And he's probably got another half dozen highly effective seasons left in the tank, too. It's fair value but my emotional investment in Duclair makes it tough to pull the trigger.
Im tired of being terrible though. Tanev helps us more to that end.
So Arizona's 1st (3rd), Duclair, and Minnesota's 1st for Vancouver's 1st, 3rd and Tanev?
I mean the trade up of draft picks would be a hypothetical nice touch, but we're in the better draft position at present, have two games against a rival team that is objectively better, and this draft isn't anything spectacular.
I'd love to take a chance on Duclair, but I don't see a Tanev deal happening with him as the basis. What I've been stead fast in saying since Tanev became "available" was that we need one very strong future piece, not multiple less valuable pieces. I obviously won't as for Domi or anyone like that, but we'd have to move up from the riskier Duclair. I have no doubt he will be a fine player, but we need someone who could be a potential game breaker, as that is how we feel about Tanev.