Ex-NHL analyst submits interesting William Nylander trade proposal

We all know that the vast majority of this summer's talk in Toronto is going to revolve around Auston Matthews and William Nylander until both players finally put pen to paper. Until then, we just have to get used to people talking about what their deals might end up looking like, or in Nylander's case, what a realistic trade proposal might look like if he doesn't back off of his $10M ask.

Rachel Doerrie, a former video analyst for the Vancouver Canucks and current member of The Hockey News, joined fellow THN reporter Mikey Stephens on The Staff & Graph podcast and brought up an interesting trade proposal involving Nylander.

We know that the Carolina Hurricanes are looking at potentially moving on from defenseman Brett Pesce. Doerrie also revealed that she believes that Martin Necas is also on the trading block in Carolina. What she proposed on her podcast was a swap between the Leafs and Canes based around Pesce and Necas + for Nylander.

"If William Nylander truly wants $10M, you have to trade him this summer, because you cannot pay him $10M. You simply cannot pay him $10M. You can pay him $9M, but you can't pay him $10M. If the trade is William Nylander for Brett Pesce and Martin Necas, I'm fine with that, like if that's what the trade is around, I don't think that's the entirety of the trade, but if the trade is built around that, that's okay." - Doerrie on the basis of a Leafs/Canes deal for Nylander

Her co-host pointed to the Matthew Tkachuk deal as a similar one, where the return is two really good pieces, even though Nylander is the clear best piece in the deal.

Honestly, if that ends up being a deal that happens, the Leafs truly could do much worse. Think of the Alex DeBrincat deal between the Red Wings and Senators this week - I think the Sens got fleeced in that deal, especially with all of the conditions surrounding that conditional 1st round pick. Just some food for thought.

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