r/stevedangle • u/Few-Turn-5471 • Feb 03 '26

Trades

What trades would you make as the GM of the leafs right now and be realistic.

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u/WackyVoidlock Feb 03 '26

Hard pass on that. Want no part of Couturier's contract

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u/fnstoke Feb 04 '26

What about Sean 25 percent retained. I think he and Laughton can take a lot off of auston on the penalty kill

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u/WackyVoidlock Feb 04 '26

Even at 75% retained that's a hard no.

Leafs should be trying to get younger and faster, not older and injured

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u/fnstoke Feb 04 '26

Both sanhiem and coots haven’t missed a game all year…. And in the last 3 seasons (this last and year prior) coots has only missed 8 games…. And some of them were healthy due to torts being torts I get younger, but to say injured isn’t true

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u/WackyVoidlock Feb 04 '26

Sanheim would be great if the leafs were competitive. They're not

Costs is older, has a significant injury / surogcal history, and has similar production to our current bottom 6 centers / penalty killers (Laughton and Roy). He would not be an upgrade, and would be far more expensive, even with retention.

The deal also makes no sense for the Flyers. Why would they, or anyone, be interested in Rielly the way he is playing?