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Leafs Preparing Offer For Eric Staal


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According to Darren Dreger (who is full of sh*t a lot of the time), the Toronto Maple Leafs are putting together a trade package for Eric Staal.

 

The base of the trade would include Nazem Kadri or Tyler Bozak (my preference would be Kadri), then a young roster player (possibly Morgan Rielly or Jake Gardiner), and a top end prospect (only Frederick Gauthier fits into that category).

 

With that said, would you accept the following trade... Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly, and Frederik Gauthier for Eric Staal.

 

To help you understand what this would do to our current roster, I posted a potential depth chart.

 

Jeff Skinner - Jordan Staal - Alexander Semin

LW? - Nazem Kadri - Elias Lindholm

Frederik Gauthier - Riley Nash - Patrick Dwyer

LW? - C? - RW?

 

Andrej Sekera - Justin Faulk

Morgan Rielly - RD?

Jay Harrison - John-Michael Liles

Ryan Murphy

 

Anton Khudobin

Cam Ward

 

So... do you do this trade or no?

 

Note: The only players mentioned were Kadri and Bozak. However I inferred from the criteria that the Canes would ask for Rielly/Gardiner and Gauthier.

 

If the Leafs idea of a young roster player and top end prospect is Carter Ashton and and Josh Leivo then I'm hanging up the phone immediately.

 

If the Canes trade Staal, they will be without a number one center for at least the 2014-15 season meaning we better get a hell of a return.

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I just read that Morgan Rielly is considered untouchable. If that's the case I wouldn't do the trade.

Gardiner is good but to me he's the best bottom pairing defenseman in the league. I wouldn't want him in our top four.

For Staal who is a 70+ point player year in and year out it would have to be Kadri, Rielly, and Gauthier or Kadri, 8th overall pick, and Gauthier or I'm walking.

People forget that just a year ago Staal led the league in 5 vs. 5 scoring. Maybe the line of Tlusty, Staal, and Semin can get it going again next year.

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