Elliotte Friedman Says The Leafs WILL TRADE ONE OF MARNER OR NYLANDER If They Disappoint In 2021—NHL

On a recent episode of the 31 Thoughts Podcast, Elliotte Friedman noted how Kyle Dubas would be forced into making a huge splash for his team should the Toronto Maple Leafs fail to impress in the 2021 NHL Season. He heavily implies that a William Nylander or Mitch Marner trade would be the way they go.

Mitch Marner was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 25 of the draft went as follows:

1st - Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd - Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th - Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th - Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th - New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th - Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th - San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th - Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th - Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th - Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th - Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th - Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th - Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th - New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th - Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th - Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th - Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th - Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st - Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd - Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd - Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th - Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th - Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic

This video is taking place before the upcoming 2021 NHL Season.

Unique to the 2021 NHL Season Divisions are new divisions, which go as follows:

North Division: Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets.

West Division: Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, and Vegas Golden Knights.

Central Division: Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, and Tampa Bay Lightning.

East Division: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals.

This also is taking place after the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2020 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Rangers, Alexis Lafrenière
2nd) Los Angeles Kings, Quinton Byfield
3rd) Ottawa Senators (from San Jose Sharks), Tim Stützle
4th) Detroit Red Wings, Lucas Raymond
5th) Ottawa Senators, Jake Sanderson
6th) Anaheim Ducks, Jamie Drysdale
7th) New Jersey Devils, Alexander Holtz
8th) Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn
9th) Minnesota Wild, Marco Rossi
10th) Winnipeg Jets, Cole Perfetti
11th) Nashville Predators, Yaroslav Askarov
12th) Florida Panthers, Anton Lundell
13th) Carolina Hurricanes (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Seth Jarvis
14th) Edmonton Oilers, Dylan Holloway
15th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Rodion Amirov
16th) Montreal Canadiens, Kaiden Guhle
17th) Chicago Blackhawks, Lukas Reichel
18th) New Jersey Devils (from Arizona Coyotes), Dawson Mercer
19th) New York Rangers (from Calgary Flames), Braden Schneider
20th) New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver Canucks), Shakir Mukhamadullin
21st) Columbus Blue Jackets, Yegor Chinakov
22nd) Washington Capitals (from Carolina Hurricanes via New York Rangers and Calgary Flames), Hendrix Lapierre
23rd) Philadelphia Flyers, Tyson Foerster
24th) Calgary Flames (from Washington Capitals), Connor Zary
25th) Colorado Avalanche, Justin Barron
26th) St. Louis Blues, Jake Neighbours
27th) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Jacob Perreault
28th) Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders), Ridly Greig
29th) Vegas Golden Knights, Brendan Brisson
30th) Dallas Stars, Mavrik Bourque
31st) San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Ozzy Wiesblatt

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[jesskoffman]

Love Marner and want to keep him. But his contract is front loaded and signing bonuses. He can be traded in the off season after the July bonus. He is very tradable.

[ppcli]

Holy mackerel, the season hasn't even started yet and you folks are already thinking about if the Leafs have a bad season.

[miguelitomarques]

Almost 40 million for just 4 guys. That's what you get.

[Pete-thoq]

how do you gauge "disappointment"? Not winning the cup? making the cup final? making the playoffs?

[Rye_.]

It better be NYLANDER. If that actually do

[Samsquad]

IMO, the Leafs biggest mistake was trading Kadri Instead of Nylander!!!

[thegame]

Dubas will get fired if this team completly shits the bed. As for trading Nylander he has been in talks regarding a few teams but don't want to trade him just because. Marners contract will be hard to move given the price tag. So if one has to go I wouldn't miss Marner if it came down to it. But again NO one wants to just take on that contract even if the leafs take on salery. Nylander has proven himself. Marner still needs to do that.

[grantchow]

I wouldn’t lose an sleep if they traded both in a blockbuster trade. They both couldn’t check a suitcase into a hotel and are just goal sucks with no grit, will or pushback. They have talent and skill but that’s it.

[zigfield]

Sad part is, at 30 years old cement-for-feet John Taveras would be the obvious one to trade, at that number(11per) I can't see many takers. Buuut it all doesn't matter because he has a no movement clause.

[gabetalks]

I think an important question to ask is what really is a disappointment for the Leafs? Anything short of a Cup, or failing to win a Round?

[drewjenkins]

*MOST TEAMS ARE IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE (NOT CAP TROUBLE):*
After signing bonuses are paid next summer, cash owing will be:
*M.Marner* = $6, 180, 000 annually x 4 years.
*Nylander* = $4, 830, 000 annually x 3 years.

Those are extremely desirable to many teams ... Dubas is smarter than your analysis.

[cryptocode]

nylander, Kerfoot and Travis Dermott to LA for drew doughty

[komirules]

I think they would want to trade the older Tavares if they could.

[marc-andredallaire]

If i was a fan ill hope nylander but maybe marner will get a better return. Lets see

[Plutoboy]

Leafs are projected to win their division 👏 Buds all day.

[alexdelcourt]

I don't think so. That doesn't make sense...

[dr.curious]

10.634 needs to go, problem with that, especially with a flat cap for at least 3 years, no team will take that contract, the only way is if the leafs take back the same money and that generally means it’s bad money. Nylander is the contract you NEED to keep, it’s the only value player you have.JT isn’t going anywhere, he took a haircut to come here and he has earned the right to play where he wants and that NMC has given him the power to stay.

[drewjenkins]

Does anyone else think it's weird that Amirov and Abramov both outplayed Podkolzin at the world juniors?

[johnhoward]

I Expect Toronto to do a lot Dubas would get Fired.

[bubbles]

Leaf's look good even if they lose ! What a star studded lineup. It's going to great just seeing them on the ice. Really super cool. Great season win or lose !