Canes pass, don’t need the player.

Arizona isn't going to trade Garland for futures (rebuilding teams only trade veterans for futures, not developing talent) and the expansion draft isn't going to sneak up on them and take them by surprise; if they decide not to protect Kuemper, they'll trade him somewhere for something.

Arizona is retooling at the very least, possibly even rebuilding cause they have nothing of substance. They lost draft capital this year and last year so giving them two veterans on two year deals gives them options to A. Keep them or B. Trade them and get pieces for them. Plus Abruzzee and Villenauve would have some attractiveness to them. Also Arizona needs to protect Hill, and I'm not sure a lot of teams would want 1 year of a goalie who's 4.5million who often injured. They could try but I think most teams would try to wait until after the expansion draft. That's why Seattle would eat half of the contract, which I don't think Arizona would want to do, and the leafs would expose Dermott and give Hallander and a 3rd. Rather than the leafs just exposing Engvall or Joey Andersan.