You are gonna have to add a bit

Lol add something??? No way. That deal is already tilted to the canes.

Canes have no interest in this.

ya canes laugh and dont take calls from leafs after that offer. Gardiner has no value at all he is an offensive d man who is a ufa and cant spell defense let alone play it. Drop pick from canes and drop Gardiner form leafs add leafs 1st then maybe.

Reading you explanation,,, it's that logic, I'll say it has to be the dumbest reason to trade a player. He's going to be too good and therefore expensive to resign. Wouldn't it be 1000 X more beneficial turn Johnson into 4m player and
then trade him for close to value instead of giving him away. By your logic, the Leafs should trade Matthews now, because he is going to get a big raise now summer.