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Heck, Laughton's a defensive AND offensive upgrade on Domi at this point.

Yeah it really depends on how Carolina moves forwards with those 1st rounders.

The team NEEDED Kampf at 4C while our 3C slot was so weak. Having Laughton makes him way more expendable especially with like 4 other players who could perform typical 4C duties.

With the Laughton move, Reaves sent to the Marlies, and Pacioretty joining Hakanpaa on LTIR there's about $1.4mil in cap space with a 23-man roster. If say Dewar went the other way the Leafs could afford a $2.5mil defenceman.

I was expecting Minten for Laughton straight up. We ended up keeping our top-4 trade assets (Cowan, Minten, Danford, 2026 1st) and managed to get Laughton for 50% retention. That's probably worth adding Grebenkin.

Steeves has zero value.

Ok this is also a bonus for us.

Well it's Grebenkin and a 1st over them. I wonder what the plan for Minten going forward is though. His likely line-up spot (3C) is now blocked this season and next. Possibly beyond that too if Laughton re-signs here after next season which feels somewhat likely considering he's from here.

Probably not when 2nd's are going for bottom pair D or 4th liners like Schenn and Tanev.

I dunno if Grebenkin is definitely gonna be a player, but I really wanted to find that out here. I guess it came down to Minten or a 1st+Grebenkin. We'll see if that decision pans out. 50% retention plus getting a couple picks even if they're late isn't nothing too.

They should, but they won't.

Probably a good fit, I'm terrified of the price though considering everything else that's happened. We probably should have just dealt a 1st for him 2 years ago I guess.

We got him for a 3rd two deadlines ago. Somehow his trade value increased as he got older, worse, and more expensive.

Worth clarifying I think I was like 13 or 14 when Leetch played here. So the list of great defencemen I've personally actually watched isn't particularly deep. It was like Leetch, Kaberle, and Svehla I'd say in that early 2000s era. Then Rielly. Now Tanev.

It was only a handful of games but I still think even a 30-something year old Brian Leetch was the best defenceman I've ever seen play in a Leafs uniform. Losing a full season of that was brutal.

That and the Leetch deal were both absolute great trades for the Leafs. Still have vague memories of people freaking out about losing Maxim Kondratiev. Friggin lockout.

God 12 or 13-year old me was so psyched about that deadline.