No. 3: Pierre-Luc Dubois ($6M)
Dubois would fit perfectly in the Toronto Maple Leafs top-six and at $6M AAV, they need to trade for him.
Although he re-signed in Winnipeg, there’s a 0 percent chance he’s still with the team in two years, so they may as well trade him and get as much value out of him as they can.
The Jets were previously looked at as a team that was a Stanley Cup contender and Canada’s best chance at winning a championship, but that narrative changed quickly. Although they have Connor Hellebuyck in-net, who gives them a real chance to win every night, it doesn’t feel like the rest of the roster is good enough to compete.
As such, they may as well give Dubois his wish and ship out of town and send him to a place that has a real shot at winning; Toronto.
We all saw what Dubois is capable of in the playoffs, when he torched the Leafs in the “play-in” series, so it would be nice to see him doing that with Toronto, instead of against them.
The Leafs are lacking at the left-wing position right now, and a power-forward such as Dubois at a decent price-tag could be a piece that the Leafs are desperately missing.