On today’s JBSR, at 10:50pm ET on a Friday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they have acquired Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari, and Josh Pillar in a three-team trade with St. Louis & Minnesota.
The St. Louis Blues received Mikhail Abramov & Adam Gaudette, TOR’s 1st round pick in ’23, OTT’s 3rd round pick in ’23 & TOR’s 2nd round pick in ’24. The Minnesota Wild received TOR’s 4th round pick in ’25.
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Originally aired: February 18, 2023
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42 Comments
Kudos to the 3 GM's for having rhe creativity to make this deal a reality. No way he is your third line center though. Tavares is now yeah?
we have 4 million in ltir deadline space and no worries of muzzin coming back with a spine injury
We also add physical Ness 😊😊😊😊😊😊
yeah Jesse, thanks for the quick reaction!
Dubas doing all this to lose again in the first round to Tampa 🤣
Id watch out for Dumba to Toronto.
Kyle always finds a way. Impressive.
Lawson Crouse is next
Love an out of no where trade, tired of rumblings and whispers in the night.
Great, Leafs getting another aging star on the decline of their career and that is going to be a UFA next year. All our problems are solved!
Lol. Stoner Steve
And he will fist people in the face if needed!
Acciari has been a fore check monster for the blues. Very hard working, wins all sorts of puck battles and seemingly finishes every check. He was the perfect 4th line center and I hope Toronto uses him that way. Wanted robo or nyes to come to stl. Idk how dubas didn't have to but congrats.
Get rid of Kerfoot. Please 🙏
A shoutout from the best GM in the league thanks!
I thought Pillar is going to the wild
Haha no we tapped the video because we want to see if you hate this trade as the rest of us do. OReilly can not score like Meier is capable of, not even close. I would rather pay more for Meier alone then what they paid for this trade. D- trade
Seeing that we still have this year’s second, next years first and our prospects I still think the leafs will get timo as well
I love how you just called out Steve like that hahaha
Can't wait for this trade tree. Will be one of the biggest since there are so many moving pieces still in play. Also Toronto looks scary down the middle. Wouldn't be surprised if they finally figure it out this year. Plenty of time for ROR and Acciari to meld with new teammates.
You're the best Jesse. Steve failed 🤣 lol
waffles wants to know why every time the leafs make a trade, he has to wear the stupid shirt hahaha
I became a gambling addict thanks to you and your sponsors! Ruined my LIFE!!!!
Leaf fans are going to love Acciari. Hits, blocks, face offs, the guy does it all
Kerfoot for Domi?
better? nah. slower? fer shure.
LUV the dog!! GREAT trade imho, bringing in a leader/conn smythe winner and both guys are sandpaper guys…..lets see how they fit in!
My prediction is Sandin is in play for the right piece. Chychrun or Gabrikov.
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Steve was high on life!
I dont understand why he got a center when they need a top 6 winger and a top 4 defenseman. It's a fantastic deal but don't get it
Who else wants to get baked with Steve 🥺
One & Done !!! Leafs are going nowhere! 19 points and a minus 24 … 32 years of age and on the downside of his career!
Leaf fans keep drinking the Kool Aid !!! They can’t beat Boston or Tampa and will most likely lose home ice advantage!
I would now like to see Dubas go after Gavrikov from the Blue Jackets to help the depth on the backend.
Leafs overpay and acquire two over the hill useless players!
The Canadian National soccer team will win The World Cup before the Leafs win another Stanley Cup. Once again trading away the future for aging rental player that they'll trade later for a bag of pucks. At least the Leafs' management have been consistent over the decades.
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I'm only going to listen to Jesse from now on for bets. He called this weeks ago.
A good trade should benefit both teams. Armstrong feels his team needs a reboot & obviously decided to start it now in a sub-par season. With this trade he has 3 picks in the 1st round of what is viewed to be a deep draft. He would have had to overpay O'Reilly to extend him & if he walked as a ufa he gets nothing for a well regarded player. Unless Dubas can extend him, he can be re-signed in the off-season. Same with Acciari. Dubas has decided these are the physical, defensive minded, hard to play against guys, who have offensive chops, that the Leafs need more of, so giving up draft picks, but no premium prospects feels like a win win to me. There are Dubas haters who will disparage this deal, but they would be in the minority. I've always liked both players, a lot & the Leafs are now a better team.
Our season is officially done here in St. Louis. I hate this so much