Eklund: Who Won the Trade? Toronto or St Louis?

First. Both teams got a fair deal. ROR and Accari are good players and will bring another dynamic to Toronto for the playoffs. The Blues are accumulating draft picks.

St Louis won. Period. Too much draft capital from TOR. Huge overpay for a FA.

if oreilly takes a hometown discount and resigns a friendly deal this is won by the leafs all day..

Can O'Reilly play goal?

We won't know until the playoffs

Eklund had 5 teams on ROR rumor chart... leafs not on the list hahaha

if oreilly takes a hometown discount and resigns a friendly deal this is won by the leafs all day..
- a1xfreakx13

Pie 🥧 in the sky ☁️ They will be handcuffed by Matthews next $20 mill deal.

Toronto wins 🤷🏻‍♂️

ROR at $1.8M, killing penalties & winning draws. Acciari’s gonna keep guys on their toes & keep Simmonds in the minors.

Our draft position stinks, so who cares about the picks with this team. Let’s see if we can get a dman!

if oreilly takes a hometown discount and resigns a friendly deal this is won by the leafs all day..
- a1xfreakx13

Probably more likely to take a team friendly deal to come back to St. Louis than he is to do so in Toronto. He was already talking about being willing to take less to be on the Blues going forward.

St Louis won. Period. Too much draft capital from TOR. Huge overpay for a FA.
- Consiglierre

They say the team that got the best player in the deal won. That would be Toronto. However the long term it could very well be the Blues.

Blues win. ROR resigns in St. Louis in the off season. Army making shrewd moves

Toronto paid way TOOOO much

but ...

O Reillys is exactly what Toronto needs .


HEART.

This trade surprised me. I've been told that Carolina was the leading contender for O'Reilly. Four other teams also involved. But Leafs were never mentioned. The Leafs were however in the race for Barbashev. Maybe they started negotiating a trade for Barbashev and then decided to switch for O'Reilly?

P.S. I mentioned Acciari yesterday as a forward would definitely be traded and it took less than 24 hours. He was never mentioned on any rumour charts. I think Lafferty gets moved this week.

Toronto won because they got an impact forward who gives them depth at center and players who play the type of game the Leafs have not been capable of playing in the postseason, and did it without giving up their best prospect in Matthew Knies.

RORwill help the leafs. How much in the little time he will be there is the question First day of free agency he resigns with the Blues

Hate Tor but sometimes you have to overpay to get a "final" piece. Tor wants to win so gotta do what it takes. Good for them as imo it is a good trade on both sides.

The leafs won the trade and good for them BUT....THEY NEEDED DEFENCE NOT ANOTHER FORWARD....this will NOT put them over the hump

I remember a similar trade for a tough playoff player from CBJ a while back that didn’t work out. I guess repeating the past to roll the dice is just that.

Unless Leafs can squeeze in a goalie and D man. Maybe they are not done. The how is I guess more teams needed to take on cap and get back futures.

Can O'Reilly play goal?
- HenryHockey

Or defense or help the top 6 o besides marner play d?

Pie 🥧 in the sky ☁️ They will be handcuffed by Matthews next $20 mill deal.
- THE EVIL WITHIN

If Matthew’s is worth 20 then what is Marner worth?

Visually it looks like Toronto won, but wants behind the curtain?
Minnesota gets stuck with the check or are they promised something else?
Toronto setting up O’REILLY to be Matthews replacement or does Matthews have a nagging injury?
We do know that St. Louis is cleaning house, maybe they are the winner here?

Wash,rinse,repeat for the leafs. Great offense average defense goaltending flat out BLOWS! Another year of out in the first round and they gave up all of those draft picks for very average players. Same old leafs!

Wash,rinse,repeat for the leafs. Great offense average defense goaltending flat out BLOWS! Another year of out in the first round and they gave up all of those draft picks for very average players. Same old leafs!
- Bobd62

But fewer goals against than NYR. Could this be another Ranger fan talking of an orifice not made for talking?

But fewer goals against than NYR. Could this be another Ranger fan talking of an orifice not made for talking?
- Canada Cup

Hahaha! Or is this a putrid leaf’s fan that knows what’s coming! I actually feel sorry for you in a way it’s gotta suck that it’s been decades since the leafs were relavent!