Maple Leafs Trade Pitch Lands 4 Golden Knights Worth $95 Million

July 28, 2024 Adminsmartsport2 Other Clubs 0

There have been endless rumors and trade proposals sending Toronto Maple Leafs superstar winger Mitch Marner away from Canada.

In a new PuckGM proposed trade submitted by a PuckPedia user, the Maple Leafs find a trade partner in Vegas with the Golden Knights helping Toronto unload the forward as he is about to enter the final season of his seven-year contract. (The figures listed below note the total length and value of the contracts.)

Instead of including oft-linked Shea Theodore, this user built his proposal around Leafs’ Marner and Golden Knights’ William Karlsson.

On top of Karlsson, who signed a large eight-year, $47.2 contract with Vegas in 2019, the Golden Knights would include Ivan Barbashev in the transaction. Barbashev signed a five-year, $25 million with Vegas in June 2023.

William Karlsson of the Vegas Golden Knights

The Maple Leafs would compensate for the inclusion of Barbashev, Whitecloud, and Hage by sending Vegas free-agent signee Timothy Liljegren and unsigned restricted free agent Nicholas Robertson, both of whom seemed (and still are) to be on the outside looking in before the free agent market opened on July 1.

Liljegren ended up signing a two-year, $6 million contract on June 30. He could still be traded, according to recent reports detailed below. Robertson, on the other hand, was extended a qualifying offer but he’s not inclined to sign a contract extension with Toronto, as acknowledged by general manager Brad Treliving on July 1.

If completed, the Maple Leafs would land four contracts worth a total of $95.5 million combining the value of the deals at the time of their signing.

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