Draisaitl is better than Matthews. So 97 and 29 are therefore the best 1-2 center combo, not 97 and 34.
If and when he leaves Edmonton, especially if he leaves having not yet won a Cup, his focus will be on that, not the Leafs pyjamas he wore when he was 5. He will go to a tax free team that's loading up for a serious Cup run.
Has no one but me even bothered to notice that the Leafs are beginning their inevitable decline? Their window is closed. Marner leaving is the beginning of the end for them. I wouldn't trade the Habs roster for theirs.