Quoting: leafsFan1996
"take on Brodies contract" people on here have never seen him play. Man is a top pair shutdown D and makes 5 mill. He should be worth a 1st+, but it's irrelevant because the leafs shouldn't trade him in the first place
I live in the GTA and watch most Leaf games so I’ve seen him play plenty. I watched him get walked for an OT winner in the series against Florida. it is obvious to anyone who has WATCHED Brodie play that he has lost a step and is a diminishing asset and any team that it counting on him to be a “top pair, shutdown D” is destined to be disappointed. He is at best a second pairing D man at this point in his career.
Despite our differences in his value as a player, you Leaf fans fail to acknowledge a couple of key points. First, according to this website there are only a handful of teams that have the cap space ($5m +) to take on Brodie’s contract. Of those teams a couple have players on LTIR who when they come off that cap space disappears (Pitt, Florida), others (Det, Buff) have a boatload of D men. End of the day the trade options are extremely limited and the Leafs will be competing with other teams looking to move contracts for that cap space.
Second, as everyone knows the Hawks are one of those teams who do have available cap space but they don’t really have a NEED to add anything at this point. They are not looking to be competitive this season as they have clearly stated they are in a rebuild, the fans are on board with the rebuild, so there is no external pressure… so why pay for unnecessary assets?
When all is said and done, I think we will as see Kyle Davidson will acquire additional draft capital or young players for his cap space; if it doesn’t happen before the seasons begins, he will be patient and be ready to do business at the TDL.