Kessel to Penguins...

[Leafsfan1967]

Yes, they will be bad for the next few years. Leafs management has admitted as much. Unfortunately sucking and getting high picks is the only way you can build a cup winning team in the salary capped NHL.

If you want something to be excited about in the meantime. Every day that goes by where Stamkos doesn't sign an extension in T Bay is one day closer to the dream of him coming home to be the captain of his favorite boyhood team.

There were rumours of this last year of him wanting to play in Toronto, and have heard he is not happy right now, especially how he was used, or not used in the Cup Finals, and that he's a Stouffville boy, we can only hope that is the plan for 16-17? I'm hopeful, but we'll see. He could be our captain, or franchise player, our veteran, and the highest paid player in the NHL all in one swoop, lol!!!

 

[Breakaway Dealz]

I realize the Leafs didn't literally trade Seguin and Hamilton for Kesell.
they traded for draft picks, which ended up being those players.
it was more of what the Leafs missed out on.

However lots of teams have missed out on players due to having traded draft picks.

 

[Leafsfan1967]

 

[FASTMAX]

Awesome. lol. a big LOL. Just need a "You think its my fault?" bubble in there.

 

[lucscaps]

to take the breakdown up above a step further you get this:

The Leafs traded for Phil Kessel in 2006
trading their #1 pick in 2010 draft (Tyler Seguin)
Round 2 pick in 2010 (Jared Knight)
Round 1 pick in 2011 (Dougie Hamilton)

The Leafs trade 2011 1st – 30th and 2nd 39 to Anahiem for 22
Anahiem gets Richard Rakell and John Gibson
Toronto Gets Tyler Biggs

So the leafs really traded the following to the pens
Tyler Seguin
Dougie Hamilton
Jared Knight
Richard Rakell
John Gibson
Tim Erixon ( Waiver pickup)
Round 2 pick in 2016 – Will be a superstar haha

For
Nick Spaling (in 2014/15 played 82 games with 27 pts)
Kasperi Kapanen
Round 1 pick in 2016
Round 3 pick in 2016

 

[3rdlinewinger]

That literally makes no sense.

 

[lucscaps]

a co-worker and I where just looking at the breakdown of where everything leaving toronto came from. It can all be traced back to original Toronto pick's.
If you look at what the pick's materialized into the asset management here is pretty back in Toronto's case.

we wanted to look at the what toronto had to give up to gain Kessel, a player it targeted and also Biggs, a player it targeted at the draft.