Vatanen is on waivers

Yeah but they trade for him if and when he clears so that they can keep the team under the cap by moving him through Taxi Squad and Lineup

DET can’t retain on 2 players, they only have 1 retain slot left.

Marc staal is awful, he's only useful to a team that is tanking

True. I didn't notice that.

Well there are ways around it. 1) A bigger 3 Team Deal: Detroit can retain 50% of Staal and then a 3rd team can be used to retain 50% of Bernier and an extra 10% of Staal. Or 2)Two 3 team deals where in Trade 1: 50% of Staal is retained and another team retains 10% and then Trade 2: 50% of Bernier is retained by a different team.

Yeah nope. He's a good veteran leader and depth defenseman to keep in case of injuries and he is definitely not awful. I would rather have Staal than Marincin or an inexperienced Sandin playing in the playoffs.

No, hes legitimately awful. He isnt an nhl player at all and is a liability. He cant score or defend at a good ahl level let alone an nhl one.
There are no redemptive parts of his game and the leafs have more than enough 'veteran presence'.

You're just a clown