Fansided · 6 days ago
Why the Maple Leafs should trade William Nylander for Nikita Kucherov
Anyone who knows anything about hockey will know that Nikita Kucherov is one of those rare players GMs would struggle to properly compensate for in a direct swap. He's in such rare air that any compensation package to keep Tampa Bay in contention this year would require more than one player to step up and make up for all the production he brings to the table.
This is a guy who has accumulated over 500 points over the last four seasons and is only 15 points shy of McDavid over that span. But teams like the Maple Leafs have an advantage here because they know that 1) he'd reportedly be open to joining the and 2) time isn't a luxury Tampa Bay has.