Kyle Dubas today in his press conference said that they are looking at players with term on their contract. I assume this means that they are not going after UFAs. Which for a team like the leafs with limited cap space and limited draft pick capital makes the most sense. I am aware that they are over the cap limit. However, it does not factor that the leafs will have more cap space available to them by the trade deadline. So I would not be surprised if they sign Josh Ho-Sang or have Timothy Liljegren on the NHL roster for the rest of the year. The D pairing also are not final, I just put the forward lines together like they are im not Sheldon Keefe
The leafs get a defensive minded defenceman that they need that actually defends well and he has a low cap hit on 2 year term. The only worry is he is not a great puck mover and could have trouble in the leafs system.
Seattle gets a decent pick plus a 3rd Pair D who is 25 and shown to be able to play really well in sheltered minutes. Only 1. 5 Million Cap hit and can step into nhl minutes right away to keep seattle competitive.
The leafs get a depth D man who is purely defensive minded. The cost of Hirvonen is high for a depth piece but the cost does factor in they are dumping Nick Ritchies contract as well for next year.
Arizona gets a forward piece that they can play in hopes to pump and dumb. They also get a former Second round pick who projects to be a middle six forward. I think that is a decent return on for taking on a bad contract and moving a depth expiring ufa.
I like both of them for the leafs, but idk if the other teams would do it
I dont think Seattle parts ways with Soucy that easilly(could be wrong), Soucy has been pretty decent on Seattle iirc(probs need to add a 4th or 5th for a sweetner)
I like 2nd one, but I think leafs retain a bit on ritchie since I dont think Arizona wants cap dumps with term
I like both of them for the leafs, but idk if the other teams would do it
I dont think Seattle parts ways with Soucy that easilly(could be wrong), Soucy has been pretty decent on Seattle iirc(probs need to add a 4th or 5th for a sweetner)
I like 2nd one, but I think leafs retain a bit on ritchie since I dont think Arizona wants cap dumps with term
Good post tho!
(holl on line 1 D tho > )
Thank you! I tried being more realistic than most trades on here. Holl is definitely not on the first pair. I said in the description I didnt edit the pairings i just left them (tho I thought I put Rielly and Brodie together)