husso wont be taking 1.5m he'll make north of 3 and i wouldnt be surprised if he made 4 for long term

Not a fan of getting Husso as I think he’s a major regression candidate, but with that said, if he wants 1.5 mil then hell yeah!

Let’s stop with the Kerfoot to the Canes. Leafs would have to eat half (which they won’t do) or another team would have to take half of the salary (which the Canes won’t pay assets to do). Canes will find a better bottom 6 option, probably for cheaper

Please let me know which 50 point winger/centre is taking less than 3.5m. Why on earth would he need retention.

Points argument is the best of course (especially when 51 was a career high)…if he’s such a good deal why do all the Leafs fans want to trade him. That is the equal counter argument to the points. Do the leafs not need 51 points for 3.5m?

I can think of a lot better ways for the Canes to spend 3.5m. I’d rather have a solid 3rd pairing defenseman for 3.5m than Kerfoot making 3.5m playing 12 mins a night for the Canes.

The short answer is leafs fans are stupid. The long answer is leafs need for a goalie and Robertson being able to take kerfoots spot. Certainly not on the pk though. But it's not like you are going to poke any holes in kerfoots game he is solid in all 3 zones kills penalties very well and produced on all 4 lines with no pp time.

The argument you proposed is that you could get a better forward cheaper. Don't get me wrong. I don't think the Kane's have interest in kerfoot. Think they are looking for a scoring top 6 winger. Kerfoot can fill that roll but I wouldn't say he is built for it.

Leaf fans want to trade him on here because they like to make UFA signings and he's the easiest way to do that. They did the same thing last year and he stuck it out. I very much doubt the Leafs move Kerfoot unless it's for an obvious upgrade (I doubt very much it's for picks as you often see here).

He has lots of value to the Leafs and I don't think they should trade him. The only issue is he doesn't seem to jive well with Matthews or Tavares (Kerfoot creates a lot of his own offence and does so for a bargain). It's not his fault he doesn't fit in our top-6, so I could see being moved for somebody similar who does.

In AGM's he gets traded all the time, so people think he stinks for some reason. He fits in a lot of places, it's baffling why it hasn't worked in Toronto (and he still has really good results).

My trade out had a bit more to it than that. Nichuskin is taller, heavier, and better at puck retrieval than Kerfoot is. He also adds a defensive element to a line that has plenty of scoring with Tavares and Nylander, allowing Tavares to hold less of a defensive responsibility as he ages and slows down. So.. to sign him, you need to move out cap. Yes, Kerfoot was better on points, but JT and Nylander struggled because they had nobody that could retrieve a puck from the corners and work. They needed a Bunting/Hyman type to accomplish that goal. Hyman is gone and signed for more money. The Matthews line still needs that same type of person, so you can't move Bunting. And Kerfoot as hard of a worker as he is, gets pushed off the puck too easily.

See my above. The answer is that he doesn't do well on puck retrieval in the corners, and neither does JT or Nylander. I don't think Robertson is there yet, so signing someone that is good defensively and good at puck retrieval, with some decent secondary scoring on a line with two prolific scorers seems the right way to go. Don't get me wrong. I like Kerfoot, but at the same time the leafs need to allocate cap to a line that works. Relegating Kerfoot to the third line is not an appropriate use of cap space, and like you've said, Kerfoot doesn't jive well with JT or Matthews.

I mean, make it any playoff contender that's looking for some good secondary scoring, but it's not like the Canes couldn't have used a guy like Kerfoot regardless in the playoffs, and paying 3.5 million for a 3rd pairing D seems like a strange choice.

Strange choice indeed, and I was using it as an alternative to paying a bottom 6 winger 3.5m. The point is that Kerfoot would play 10-12 mins a night in Carolina.

Kerfoot had 2 points in the 7 games vs TB. Those two points probably make the difference for us correct?

1. Val gets more.
2. Val is Avs top priority.
3. Kampf is 2c if either 34 or 91 get hurt.
4. Robertson is a dog in a bone.

Av's fans are quite literally talking about 4-4.5 for Nichuskin, and Robertson's recent play in the big club is more of a 'im trying to do everything' than being a team player accomplishing a goal. He needs to settle down before I trust him on the second line. Also, if I'm worried about Kerfoot getting knocked off the puck, Robertson gets pushed off with a light breeze by comparison.

Avs will re sign him. Maybe he does take a team friendly to win another cup. But he isn't doing that in Toronto.

Don't like Robertson find someone else. But you still didn't address your centre depth.maybe strome is a better fit.

I considered if it was possible to move Muzzin (suspect he'd only want to play for a contender or move back to California to finish his deal) to sign Kadri at 7 mil and move Tavares to the wing. Worst case then if Kadri were injured, Tavares would be able to shift to center, but you wouldn't end up with as full a roster (ie simmonds and clifford are in the minors). I know it'd be a long shot to get him back, but I think his level of grit and determination, while still being a very skilled net front presence would be a good addition to the Tavares line.