flames managed to use a 1st + pair of 2nds to get both hamilton AND hamonic
leafs didnt wanna move 1sts + good prospects before but i think they are ready to after a 105pt season and 7 game series loss
leafs were awful year 1. lou wasnt moving picks + prospects then
year 2 they ended up with 95 pts, but year 2 in a rebuild is too soon to move picks + prospects
this year they apparently were in on mcdonagh but didnt like the price. it was 50/50 whether they would bring in a dman
now is the time
That's one way of looking at it.
Then there's the other way: we have an abundance of forward prospects along with other assets to offer, and the need for a defender has been really obvious for 3 years. On top of that, some have promoted Lou's GM capabilities like he is some kind of God. Then you can argue the year #3 of the rebuild thing as well given that we've been at this process forever it seems. But, I won't go there for obvious reasons.
However, getting back to the point, I doubt if the assets in the proposed trade would land us any defender that would be a difference maker. We've been making these kind of trade proposals ad-nauseum for at least 2 years now and none have happened. Maybe that should be telling us something.