Had the leafs acquired him, it would have costed a 1st and cowan.
Cowan has been sitting because he’s the one guy not for sale. ELC guaranteed NHLer is literally the only thing the leafs won’t give up. Yup, prices are up and down depending on who, but anyone else is tradeable.
Should be doubt shifting McMann, Roy, Laughton, Jarnkrok, Carlo, OEL; get all of their value as sky high as possible. The big fish might go early which will leave desperate playoff pretenders left to scramble to get something for a higher price.
Everybody should be moved and all the draft picks and prospects coming back will help the rebuild.
Then trade Nylander and Matthews at the draft in 2027. There will be nobody left to play with so Rielly and Tavares will take a hike too.