Proposal: Monahan + Gaudreau for Matthews
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Captain Mountain
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LeafsNation75
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Out of all the players currently on the Leafs Matthews should be the only one who is untouchable, so the Leafs easily say no to this trade.
Techcoockie
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Leafs reject immediately. Calgary accept immediately
No Idea why the leafs would even think about this... Matthews is one of the top 10 players in this league and is still very young, putting up 100+ points a season. What would Monhan Gaudreau bring to them ?
Petrus
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Balance is improving the Defense corp. This does not do that while giving up the best player the Leafs have.
Petrus
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He was on pace for 90+ points not 100.
However with Keefe as the coach I do expect Matthews to hit 100 points next year.
The team that gets the best player wins the trade.
That would be Matthews -- by a long shot.
Petrus
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I’m suprised @Luckylarry has not chimed in yet.
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If I'm Calgary, yes. I can understand why Toronto says no but the two players aren't chop liver either. Monahan would slot into the 2c quite easily and Gaudreau would look pretty darn good on Tavares left side. Still it's no from Toronto's end.
TheBloodyNine
Pure Bred Soviet Savage
7even
Offered and lost
Sure Monahan scored 25 fewer goals than Matthews but he knows his way around the defensive zone, and Gaudreau brings that smooth skating, pure offense waterbug style that Toronto desperately needs to flesh out their gritty, defense-first playstyle. He sees the ice better than anyone the city of Toronto's seen since way back in the Mitch Marner era.
They're also older than Matthews and bring in that influx of confidence you only get from veterans who've had that hard won playoff success, which I think is crucial to getting this team over the hump. A slam dunk for the Leafs tbh.
They're also older than Matthews and bring in that influx of confidence you only get from veterans who've had that hard won playoff success, which I think is crucial to getting this team over the hump. A slam dunk for the Leafs tbh.
Jared Dunn
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Monahan is notoriously weak in his own end. Leafs lose the best defensive player in this deal and best player by a wide margin and have to bank on Gaudreau staying in two years
Petrus
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It really isn’t a slam dunk. The Leafs take in more salary and still still need dmen.
7even
Offered and lost
What no, next thing you're gonna tell me is that the Leafs aren't actually a hard nosed gritty team
7even
Offered and lost
Petrus
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I am leaf fan. Imagine how I feel when Dubas created a forward heavy team with a glaring weakness at defense are there is no cap space to address it.
edit: You are being sarcastic! I feel like an idiot!
Ledge And Dairy
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Your sarcasm was amusing, even more amusing is the comments after that completely missed it. However Monahan isn't a train wreck on defense like people on here seem to think and is actually fairly competent. However when you have 2 Selke caliber players like Backlund and Lindholm on your team and 2 bottom 6 centers almost entirely known for their defensive game (Ryan and Jankowski) he is clearly in the shadow for his defensive play.
7even
Offered and lost
I felt like I was taking crazy pills, what part of that was subtle lmao
I unironically like Monahan, always have. Wouldn't move Matthews for him but he's a good 2C.
