I like bringing in Hamonic. Not Brassard.

You made the team worse

wanna explain how?

You replaced Kerfoot with Brassard (downgrade)
You replaced Dermott and Holl with Hamonic (downgrade)

Yeah you picked up a couple picks, but you replaced a bunch of youth on the team with veterans

Dermott imo is already at/above Hamonic's level
Trading him for something that wont even help you for 2 years is a waste of talent

Edmonton declines no cap space and just signed Turris as our 3rd line centre

I see Edmonton moving someone like a Chiasson to free up cap for Kerfoot. If you seen him in Colorado he played best on the wing and if you put him on a line of McDavid or Draisaitl you could probably see him get 50+ points.

The whole motive for the Leafs was to become harder to play against and that's exactly what Brassard and Hamonic do for the Leafs. Brassard is a slight downgrade over Kerfoot but you gotta understand that it reliefs cap for them and Brassard is not significantly worse than Kerfoot. Plus Brassard is much better defensively than Kerfoot. If you really think Hamonic is better than Dermott you got to get your eyes checked and Dermott doesn't fit this new playstyle the Leafs are trying to adapt. Hamonic is that guy who will play that nitty gritty style, block shots, and will easily make the Leafs harder to play against compared to Holl or Dermott. Plus Holl had a bad second half to the season last year. Hamonic and Muzzin will be that nasty defense pairing that no team wants to play.

Uh...

Kerfoot and Dermott are both better defensively than Hamonic and Brassard

Hamonic's defense is absolute garbage 5v5 defensively, hes a great PKer tho and Brassard isnt exactly great defensively either

The Leafs are fine where they are, they dont need anyone else. Their roster is fine as is. They dont need any more toughness