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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Now do Florida.
It's obvious that the Leafs' upper management have decided to go for it while they still have their big four forwards. That's their core and they are going all-in. The difference between the Leafs blowing all their futures to reinforce their core and the Panthers doing the same is merely that the Leafs haven't won a Stanley Cup for their troubles – yet.
(For clarity, I do not expect them ever to win the Stanley Cup with this core, and I would be quite happy if they never won it again. But if they have any chance at all, this is it and they should make the most of it.)
It doesn't much matter who the GM is when the team is in its window and the GM's boss wants to win now.
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The issue IMO isn't moving the assets...it's moving the assets for 3rd liners and guys that aren't there long term.
Laughton + 4th + 6th for 2027 1st, Grebenkin
Carlo for 2026 1st, Minten, 4th
Lybushkin for 3rd, 6th
Schenn for 3rd
McCabe, Lafferty for 2025 1st, 2026 2nd
1st for Sandin
3rd for Liljegren
O'Reilly, Acciari for Gaudette, Abramov, 2023 1st, 2024 2nd, 2023 3rd
So since the start of the 22-23 season they have traded 2023 1st, 2025 1st, 2026 1st, 2027 1st, 2024 2nd, 2026 2nd, Sandin, Minten, Liljegren and a handful of other picks...and all they have on the roster to show for it is McCabe, Laughton, and Carlo.
If before the 22-23 season the Leafs went to the trade market and said "We will give you 4 1sts, 2 2nds, Sandin, Minten, and Liljegren" I feel like they probably could have done a lot better than McCabe, Laughton, and Carlo in return.