Totally not stolen

Kuemper > F.Andersen. The one year left and expiring contract has value and so does the 2nd round pick. But Engvall doesnt. You would have to give up assets In order for a team to take him right now. Every team has a ton of 4th line, Depth Forward options that the organization thinks highly of. And are cheaper than Engvall. He has no value at all. Remove Engvall and just bury his contract in the AHL. F.Anderssen and the 2nd round pick would be closer to D.Kuemper’s value.

I would say F.Andersen and SDA and a 2nd is probably around the value. I think that would get it done and If I was an Arizona fan I’d be happy with the 2nd round pick, The “c+”, “B-“ prospect, and the cap space next year.

As a third party:

Pros for Anderson - Long track record of personal success (one of the most consistently above average goalies in the league the last six years) despite playing behind one of the worst defensive teams in the league for most of his career. Makes one million real dollars, coming off unreal playoffs (again, personally)
Cons for Anderson - Tough regular season last year both health and performance wise and only has one year left

Pros for Kuemper - Has one elite full season under his belt and has been good in limited appearances since. Lower cap hit than Anderson. Signed for an extra year
Cons for Kuemper - Has really only had one good full season. Was limited to twenty nine games (very good!) games last year, and has only cracked thirty games played once in his career (either due to injury or due to not playing very well)

I think at best it's a lateral move. Arizona would probably like the low real dollars and Toronto could appreciate the lower cap hit and extra term. But I think we're all putting the cart before the horse crowning Kuemper as a reliable starting goaltender aren't we? This is a guy who has been up and down most of his career, he's been pretty up recently but also has been injured a handful of times in his career at his point, and again, only has one season anyone could appreciably consider a "starter's load" of work. Meanwhile, Toronto (and mitigating circumstances) have stacked the deck in favor of Anderson. He's had tons of rest. The defense looks not terrible this year. He has a backup who can realistically start 20-30 games. Toronto is probably the best team in an all-Canadian division.

Basically I think the pure talent and certainty is immediately going to be downgraded for Toronto and while they get the extra year of Kuemper what's the point if they also have to hemorrhage other assets? I just don't see the motivation to jettison Anderson+ just for 500k and the extra year, given it probably makes your team worse.

Where’s the references for this essay. But jokes aside well pointed out and correct imo