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Capitalfail67: Well, any knowledgeable knows Orpik is not worth 5,5m a year,,,what the 25th highest paid Dman in the league. It's because of that Orpik anchor, the Caps may not be able to sign Alzner this summer. I'm suggesting that Leafs (or just about any Armchair GM) can find better value than Orpik's 5.5m.
I don't disagree with you that Kuz is probably the best player o traded. But for the Leafs to give up the 2nd,3rd and 4th best player in the trades certainly isn't worth it for the rebuilding Leafs.
I'm sorry you don't know how well Gardiner and first year NHLer Zaitsev. are playing. And a big part of the NHL now is managing your cap space, and Orpik as a suggested earlier ain't worth it.