There Is a better chance the cap will go down then the cap going up to 88 million.

why would they trade back for kadri and then have 5 1/2 lines of forwards

I think this is if the leafs never traded Kadri

the one thing i will say about the trade it was necessary sure, the 2 players didnt entirely work out but most of that was due to babcock.

So DeMelo signs for 1.1m. Part of the Kadri was the acquisition of Barrie for a year. It wasn't just a Kerfoot trade. So who played Barrie's spot at RHD in 2019/20?

Agreed, I’ve been saying constantly that Barrie has been good ever since Babcock was replaced by Keefe. He isn’t a defensive d and that was what the leafs knew they got, simply Babcock now wanting him to do that.

he was never brought in to be defensive with those 2 final seasons with colorado Dubas tried to boost our defenses offense abilities a bit but sadly thanks to babcock it failed. Who knows with keefe coaching from day 1 barrie may have had 10 goals and 50 assists by now