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Vesey and Brown are pretty similar players. Both can produce at a third line rate. Doesn't make much sense to swap them when Brown can play RW or LW. Adding a 1st definitely doesn't make sense, Vesey isn't worth a 1st alone. Moving Horton's contract does very little for either teams. He stays on LTIR and Leafs cap isn't affected anyways. Leafs don't need any forward depth, that's their strength already.
I also doubt that a 2nd round pick is enough for LA to take on Zaitsev's contract. He hasn't been good this year but he hasn't been brutal. And it's not really the cap hit that's the issue, it's the fact that he has 5 or 6 years left. If the Leafs are gonna move him, they might have to retain a bit and still give up a bit more