11 Jun 2015 22:02:21
Toronto: 3rd overall
Arizona: Gardiner and 4th overall

This gives Arizona another building block moving forward and the ability to draft Marner where he can excel with his line mates Domi and Dvorak

Toronto gets their big #1 Centre in Strome. Toronto native and Toronto relieves cap as well.



Toronto: Semin, 5th overall

Carolina: Kessel, Finn and 24th overall

Toronto takes on negative value (Semin) at the advantage of drafting number 5 and taking Hanifin.

Carolina gets a top prolific scorer, a B+ defense prospect and a late first who they can use to draft another forward.

Toronto: Andrew Cogliano, 2015 1st (25-27?)
Anaheim: Dion Phaneuf and 2016 3rd

Toronto gets back a speedy middle 6 player and a late first pick in return for their captain and a 3rd round pick. This causes the leafs to give up their 2017 3rd round pick to DET. Say what you want, Phaneuf will not garner a return of a top prospect like Pullkkinen or Mantha. A late first and salary coming back is more reasonable.

Anaheim receives a much needed defenseman on the back end. Beauchemin is starting to slow down very fast and Anaheim needs a big physical defenseman on the back end with a boomer. Anaheim has enough cap to make this work.

Toronto: 2016 3rd

Minnesota: James Reimer

This gives Minny a back up plan in case they can't resign Dubnyk. Toronto replenishes their 3rd round pick back.

Draft
3rd overall Strome
5th overall Hanifin
25-27 overall Kylington

Sign Cody Franson 4 year 4.875 per year

Opening line up

JVR Kadri Semin
Lupul Bozak Nylander
Booth Holland Frattin
Komarov Carrick Leivo

Reilly Franson
Hanifin Polak
Percy Granberg
Loov

Bernier
UFA vet

1.) 11 Jun 2015
11 Jun 2015 22:27:01
I'd put Gautier there instead of Carrick. Carrick is a mediocre AHL player to this point. Gautier was a first round pick and looked very good on the Canadian junior team. I like how he plays. His pesky line was one pretty productive in that tournament.

2.) 11 Jun 2015
11 Jun 2015 22:31:01
Quick edit - replace Booth with Connor Brown on the 3rd line

3.) 11 Jun 2015
11 Jun 2015 22:33:29
I'll just redo the lines

JVR Kadri Lupul
Lupul Bozak Nylander
Cogliano Holland Brown
Komarov Carrick Frattin

4.) 12 Jun 2015
11 Jun 2015 23:21:23
From the Leafs standpoint whether they draft Marner/Strome/Hanafin/Other they seem content (stated by management numerous times). Saying that, giving up an asset like Gardiner and moving up one position to guarantee one of the three players above doesn't make much asset management sense.

5th overall to the leafs is a pipe dream and with the quality of players from 3-5 it almost degrades the Arizona trade.

Everything else looked good to me.

5.) 12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015 00:29:25
Gauthier is a third liner at best in the nhl not worth it

6.) 12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015 01:34:40
Anaheim is smarter then that, They don't want or need Phaneuf. Minnesota does not need Reimer wow.

7.) 12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015 02:58:49
Don't see the point in moving up one spot when even if the guy they want gets taken, there are two other blue chip prospects, it's throwing gardener away in my perspective

8.) 12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015 07:47:47
Dubnyk, yes not resigned but will be, Backstrom and Kuemper aren't enough? And there all better than Riemer.

9.) 12 Jun 2015
12 Jun 2015 19:22:05
Montrealfinest that's what he was drafted for bud Gauthier is a face off specialist and a shutdown type player he was never drafted by the leafs to be a top 6 forward yes every team hopes that a player can develop into those types of players but you also need to draft role players as well and quite honestly if he keeps developing the way he has been he is going to be a very good 3-4 centre men in the league probably one of the top face offs guys with the ability to play the penalty kill