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I don't like the Granlund trade. Giving up a player with 3 years of control for a pending UFA doesn't make a lot of sense, and the upgrade is marginal.
Acquiring Brodin probably means Muzzin doesn't come back. I'm okay with that, but that's probably what you're looking at. Moving over to the right side is not as easy as it sounds, some guys don't do the transition well. Muzzin tried it last year and it was a disaster. But it probably gives you room to chase a reasonably priced UFA RHD.
Leafs can't trade the 2021 1st because of the conditions on their trade with Carolina. I don't know they are a fit to trade with Montreal, especially a player with so much control like Kapanen. Arizona for somebody like Hjalmarsson might be a good option (so would have Demers before he got injured).