Trading Nylander to dump a contract you could just buyout seems like a bold strategy

And Mrazek is better than Comrie and Kallgren so that makes even less sense

Man this is the worst. Could just trade kerfoot for a pick, attach an asset to mrazek or buy him out and not resign mikehyev. Cap space would be similar.
But it’s only the leafs in cap hell out of 32 teams so gotta dump an 80 point player.

Nashville would give ya our 1st this year for that package. Send it in.

what a terrible trade lmao, theres no way you can even justify it

so nylander, who could get us a top 8 pick in this draft. to dump mrazek? are you high?

Ya this is bad.

Mrazeks negative value isn't enough to offset the return Nylander could get on the trade market.

Definitely would be better off just buying Mrazek out, and trading Willy @ full value - whether that is value roster player(s) / pick / prospect, or some mix of them.
If Willy was traded at this value, TOR would have to offer some overachieving UFA $6mil to replace.

You traded Nylander for cap space, only to run a Kallgren Comrie tandem? What?

Comrie.....19 games, 2.58 GAA and .920 save percentage. Seems a lot better than Mrzarek If not Comrie there are other short term UFA goalies available.

And no trading Nylander isn't just done cap dump Mrzarek, it's done to create cap for multiple positions.

Well I disagree on Nylander's "trade" value. Few teams have 7m free cap to take a 7m X 2 player. And yes the Leafs can't replace Nylander's production of right wing. But by getting rid of 7m cap, multiple positions can be filled.

I think counting on a good 19 game stretch at the cost of moving Nylander (while also vastly overpaying Lily) would be a mis-step for the Leafs

Say you make that trade still, I think letting Mikheyev walk, not signing Comrie and giving Campbell 5.5x5 would be much more efficient

Would even be beneficial to pay a team to take Holl if the team would be that cap-strapped (Holl has positive value 100%, just saying for the sake of cap space I believe it would be more efficient than this)

Surely his trade value is more than a late 1st round pick.

Really? Any team with cap that can take on his salary are non playoff teams. They aren't giving a first rounder....probably not a late first rounder even if they have that pick. Besides they can sign a UFA for 7m and not give up any pick
Teams that might like Nylander's two year term and production (a contender) just don't have the cap.

Hey I hope you're right but the reality there are so many sellers of cap and there are so few buyers.

Which positions are being filled? The only thing you did on this team is downgrade from Campbell to Comrie while trading a key part of the teams offense. This team is far worse than last years one.

OK, replace Comrie with Campbell and delete 2m from other players. But the issue remains the same....want an NHL goalie, it sure looks like Nylander has to go with no cap being returned to the Leafs.

Nah, you can trade Kerfoot, Mrazek and Holl, and have enough money to lock up Campbell or another similar goalie.

You're trading Nylander, and one of your reasons is a 19 game sample size of Eric Comrie?

You haven't utilized that cap space from Nylander for anything beneficial. You're hoping that an oft injured Kase is going to take his place, overpaid Liljegren/Mikheyev and hoping that Robertson does anything in the top 6. You've lost 34 goals and 80 points worth of production to sign Eric Comrie to a contract similar to Mrazek's that you're having to trade away.

It doesn't make sense.

You can sign any UFA you want for $7million-- but they're either not going to be as talented as Nylander, or they'll cost more money/term (Gaudreau, Forsberg, Kadri)

I'm not expecting a top pick. But a roster player and a pick/prospect has to be better than than a late 2nd rounder.

The cost of Nylander for a 2nd round pick (50% never make it through a full season in the NHL) doesn't offset the difference between trading VS buying out Mrazek.