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Originally Posted by BigTuna
Complete hyperbole. Rielly/Nylander/#4 pick this year/#24 pick/Connor Brown.
And they have not traded many pieces yet. And they still have young players like JVR/Kadri they may keep that are good.
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Compare that to the contenders and emerging contenders in this league and they're basically at square one.
Nylander and Reilly are good prospects no doubt. Bernier's a good goalie. Almost everyone else on the roster is not going to be a part of returning Toronto to contender status besides Kessel if he's still around and maybe JVR. But those players in 5 years will be complimentary not core pieces. They need a new elite core. Nylander and Reilly are probably a part of that, but those two players does not a contending core make.
Leafs are 4-5 years away if everything goes right.