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Originally Posted by VilleN
Do we all forget how bad Andersson was last year? I don't know that we're getting much better value had we traded him last year. I'm guessing there would've been a lot more hesitancy around trading for him.
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It has been reported the Leafs pivoted to Carlo after they couldn’t get a deal done on Andersson. We know at least their top 5 protected 1st, Fraser Minten and a 4th were on the table.
While the value of it all likely favors the leafs deal with that team struggling relative to expectations. The issue with the Vegas return is the picks are in 2027 and 2028 so a year and a half to 2.5 years from now. The team is trying to rebuild and this deal has slowed it down some. Now we are changing our tune hoping the Hanifin pick becomes pick 32 so we can get an extra 1st which would make the Hanifin deal weaker.
End of the day it all comes down to how those picks are used. Sven for a 2nd seemed like a bad trade at the time but the flames hit on that pick and we have these new assets as a result of that Sven deal 11 years ago.