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Aaron Dell was a beast for my fantasy hockey team a few years ago... key words being "was" and "years ago"! He was signed as the 3rd string goalie to replace Kasimir Kaskisuo who just signed with Nashville. If we didn't add Dell, our 3rd string guy would have been Ian Scott or Joseph Woll and neither of them are ready for NHL action... and as we saw with Kaskisuo's brutal 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh last November, he wasn't ready for NHL action either! There is no way the Leafs trade Campbell and rely on Dell as the backup given how heavily they will focus on load management with Andersen this year.
As for the RFA signings, you are way overpaying both guys given the current flat cap situation. Mikheyev is expected to get no more than $1.5m according to Bob McKenzie; Dermott doesn't have arbitration rights so there's really not much he can do here if he doesn't like the Leafs QO of $874k. I think the Leafs might come up to $900k on a 1 year deal, but if Dermott wants more than that, he may find himself sitting out for the season... and that would be disastrous for both parties.