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No, actually, it seems to stipulate that the Leafs decide whether or not if the Flyers get the pick or if the Bruins get it if it lands in the top 10 and the other gets an unprotected 2028 1st round pick. The 2027 and the 2028 1st round picks are gone, no matter what. It’s just up to the Leafs to decide who gets what.
My argument is that if the Leafs blow up the team, the vast number of pieces they get in return mitigates losing the picks and is also time sensitive because if they wait too long to blow up the team, they’ll get significantly less pieces AND ALSO lose their 1st round picks which would set back the Leafs years. Blowing up the team is the significantly lesser of the two evils and if done correctly could turn the team around quicker than expected much like Montreal went from 1st overall to Conference Finals rather quickly.