Hear Me Out - Ideas Before Expansion Draft MCCANN TO TOR

I love a good TOR ACGM that deals their bottom 6 assets for what they’re really worth. Good work here, everything looks pretty realistic.

Mikheyev for McDavid. Trade is 1 for 1.

Fitzy loves Graeme Clarke.
Has a good shot at making team out of camp next year.

We’d probably be interested in Holl if he doesn’t cost us much.

I don't get this McCann deal from a Toronto perspective. Sure he's at risk of being exposed to Seattle and has had inconsistent play to make his value not the highest, might be closer to a 3rd and a prospect, but the rest of this just doesn't make sense.

1. You trade Hyman's rights - well what if Pittsburgh signs him (which would be their intention) - & you've now just traded a 3rd and Hyman for McCann. Which is a terrible deal for Toronto.

2. If you trade for McCann before the expansion draft then you need to protect him - and if you don't (I assume you've still protected the core 4 plus Rielly, Brodie, Muzzin, and Holl by the looks of it - should be Dermott but that's whatever), so why wouldn't Seattle just take McCann who's younger and has more team control? Then Toronto just traded a pick and Hyman for literally nothing.

This just makes no sense as it is. Good idea going after McCann, just bad execution here.

Kerfoot is not a cap dump. No logic in saying Pittsburg will lose McCann for nothing. So they trade him away and Seattle selects another player,,,now Pens are down two NHLers. Not really wise to trade the dependable Holl when there is no replacement.