The Toronto Maple Leafs season has been a huge success, all things considered, and so the team must avoid making knee-jerk reactions to their loss – such as trading William Nylander.
It’s no secret that Toronto needs an upgrade on defense, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of Nylander. Michael Traikos, of the National Post, apparently never having heard of Taylor Hall, wrote last week how management needs to consider trading the 21-year-old for a top-pairing defenseman; emphasizing on the word top.
Nylander is a first-line winger; which means if Toronto were to explore trading him, then the return should result in a top-pairing defenseman.