LongtimeLeafsufferer
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Well not quite. First you've underpaid Brown,Hyman and Zaitsev. JVR: He does have a least a partial NTC. And the perception that the "don't want to hold onto him", may or may not be true. He might leave as A UFA but that doesn't mean you don't want him on your team trying to make playoffs or in the playoffs. All teams have pending UFAs, but that doesn't mean all UFAs are traded.
I'll agree with in the summer of 2018, JVR will sign elsewhere, cause the Leafs will have cheaper alternatives than him, and there is a cap issue with Matthews, Marner, Nylander and maybe more wanting big deals soon.
Regarding the trade. I think it is to much for the rebuilding Isles (I assume they are rebuilding) to give up for 1.5 years of JVR, especially if Pulock is considered an NHLer.