Future of the Toronto Maple Leafs/Proposed William Nylander Trade - by Moses

  Now that the Leafs have signed William Nylander to a six year deal, I say trade him to the Los Angeles Kings for defenceman Drew Doughty.  Doughty is an experienced player who has excelled as a star in this League to date, already winning two Stanley Cups, a Norris Trophy, and two Olympic Gold Medals to boot.  Let the Kings have Nylander, Nikita Zaitsev, and a 2019 1st Round Draft Pick to obtain Doughty's services which absolves our team of $11.3 Mil U.S.D to pay Doughty's $11 Mil yearly salary (+ structure Los Angeles paying $20 Mil U.S.D towards the Leafs Salary Cap over the next three years to compensate for the difference between Nylander and Doughty's Salaries).  It also dictates that the Leafs will maintain their prime for another 7 years, long enough to build a Championship Team around.  The likes of Rielly, Doughty, Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Kapanen, Kadri, Johnsson, Dermott, Andersen, Sparks, and Calle Rosen amongst many others will probably bring home the vaunted and prized Stanley Cup within the next few years (if not this year).  With this being the nucleus of the team, the Maple Leafs would be contenders for at least the next 7 years with the right spare parts (as the core is there to compete against anyone).

  As a result of the trade - 2018/19 Leafs Team and beyond looks like;

Head Coach - Mike Babcock

Goalies

1.  Frederik Andersen
2.  Garret Sparks
3.  Ian Scott @

Defencemen

1.  Morgan Rielly
2.  Drew Doughty
3.  Jake Gardiner
4.  Ron Hainsey
5.  Travis Dermott
6.  Igor Ozhiganov
7.  Calle Rosen *
8.  Andreas Borgman *

Defence-Pairings

1.  Morgan Rielly and Calle Rosen *
2.  Drew Doughty and Jake Gardiner
3.  Ron Hainsey and Travis Dermott 
4.  Igor Ozhiganov and Andreas Borgman *

Forwards

1.  Mitch Marner (RW/C)
2.  Auston Matthews (C)
3.  John Tavares (C)
4.  Kasperi Kapanen (RW)
5.  Nazem Kadri (C/LW)
6.  Patrick Marleau (LW/C)
7.  Andreas Johnsson (LW)
8.  Zach Hyman (LW/C)
9.  Connor Brown (RW)
10.Tyler Ennis (Forward)
11.Josh Leivo (Forward)
12.Frederik Gauthier (Forward)
13.Trevor Moore (LW) *
14.Carl Grundstrom (LW) *

@ - still in Juniors

* - currently with the Toronto Marlies