To, me Pesce and his term makes him more valuable. (see above)
Brown seems to lost his hands, no way is he worth a second now. Hard to believe that Hyman looks more confident than Brown. Bur Edmonton is logical place for Brown
I don't mind Zaitsev. If he was stay a Leaf for five more years than OK with me, if he doesn't regress. But I don't see anyone team wanting to trade for him and looking at that 4.5m X 5, especially if they read all the bad reports on him CapFriendly.
Your trades and the replacements got the Leaf about 5.5 in cap space. That's good . I just question if Zaitsev is that tradable.
Pesce for Kadri, Brown and Woll, could be a deal, though it doesn't help the Leafs cap that much. My prediction is that Woll, finishes college an is a UFA and signs with hometown St Louis,
If you been reading my posts, I think Nylander and his 6.9m cap hit is the best option to traded for the Leafs. Just for futures...no NHL cap back. Maybe Dallas is the best team.
If there more cap, then maybe the Leafs can spend more on Kapanen and Johnsson are longer term contracts.
Krakowitz above wrote something that makes good sense. If Carolina is willing to spend more.....sign a UFA centre and keep Pesce.