Speculation: One player for the Leafs

[therealkoho]

If you pick a Leaf then that's the team as it is and you don't see any need for a change, if you pick one of the others why that player exactly?

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[therealkoho]

Personally I picked Cale Makar, I don't dislike the Leafs D I just think they need a real gamebreaker on the back end. He's the best puck mover in the league and would make the Leafs offence the best in the league by far, you'd have a 30 to 35% PP and you'd probably pick-up and extra 30 5v5 goals

I know there's no way to acquire Makar but Erik Karlsson? Anyone?

 

[Dekes For Days]

So you either pick a Leaf and you get nothing, or you pick an alternative player and you get a free franchise player dropped on your team? Um...

 

[Voodoo Child]

Let’s undumb this poll.

Just one player: McDavid

To add to the current team: Makar

Who cares? - Makar
Rielly - Brodie
Sandin - Liljegren
Muzzin
Holl

 

[Buds17]

Cale Makar - Conn Smythe and Stanley Cup. The Norris and Calder aren't too shabby either!

 

[therealkoho]

So you either pick a Leaf and you get nothing, or you pick an alternative player and you get a free franchise player dropped on your team? Um...

I should have been clearer I assumed it would be sort of obvious that to pick any of those players you would have to give up the MVP.

You have to give to get as they say.

 

[Dekes For Days]

I should have been clearer I assumed it would be sort of obvious that to pick any of those players you would have to give up the MVP.
You have to give to get as they say.

So it's having Matthews or trading him for one of these players? If we pick Marner, are we cloning a 2nd Marner?

 

[Notsince67]

I'm not sure but I sure want Dubas around to f this up and continue the drama around here

 

[Clyde Brewer]

Brady Tkachuk

 

[Gabriel426]

McD. Anyone picking any players other than him is definitely a personal preference.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

In a cap world, AAV really does matter for a team like ours

According to cap friendly, leafs have almost 2 million. Let’s say no matter who they get they deal both kerfoot and holl to grab and extra 5.5 million. That gives us 7.5 million

Getting a guy like Mcdavid is going to be tough without trading a big piece like nylander or Rielly, who I think would be hard to move with his term.

Dahlin is only signed one more year past this one, and he’s gonna ask for Makar money minimum. So he’s gonna be hard to fit

It’s between Drai Makar and Thompson

Drai has 2 years left after this year and is signed to 8.5. We could replace engval with a league minimum player and we’d be able to fit Drai. He’d be an amazing winger to play with either lines. Only thing is he’d take Matthews’s spot on the pp as he is superior in that area, so Auston would need to play his other hand

Thompson we could fit outright by dealing Holl and kerfoot. He’s signed long term, and if he can continue to be even a 90+ point player for us it would be huge. We’d have the ideal 1/2 C lineup. He’s a unicorn and having him play with Marner and Tavares would make that line elite

Makar makes the most, but it’s similar to Drai, and he’s signed 4 years past this. This would make our defence top tier. Rielly would become a #2 and we’d have a top 6 of:
Rielly - Makar
GiO - Brodie
Sandin - Lily/Holl

Makar would also help our pp as well as he is one of the best quarterbacks


Bedard would also be interesting, as he’d extend the window by at least a half decade. Moreover, he’d make it palatable to lose nylander or Matthews. He’d also be an elc so he could be added for next to nothing

If I really had to pick, i think I’d take Makar