Quoting: chefed
Let me clarify the nuts and bolts of this trade
Leaf's get Walker gain about 4.5m in cap space real money cost is an increase of 4.5m Walkers owed salary compared to Muzzins retained salary
Kings get Muzzin gain 340k in cap space and save 4.5 m in wage cost
Ducks get Holl ,Nick and a 3rd they take on 4.8 of Cap and pay 3m in retained wage cost plus Holls wage cost the retained cap helps them as they are still 9 m below cap floor
To do these trades you need to look at cap space, real money cost ,needs and resources of the team
Leafs and Kings have no cap space ducks have lots and need to spend
Leafs need a rhd and to open a spot far Sandin
Kings need a lhd and are overloaded at rhd with 4 on the roster plus Clarke 8 O/A 21 Grans 35 O/A on the way
Muzzin has played with DD and Blake
These trade are proposed everyday so I am not sure who was first
CF has no way to show a 3 team deal so the 7th pick I put it in and took it out Hope this clears it up
I’m not trying to get into a shouting match here. But, I think it’s the leafs who need to spend and the Kings are not in such a dire situation.
The Kings after signing Anderson and Durzi are basically set.
From the Kings perspective our weakness was at the LD2 position, we have addressed that with the signing of Edler and Walker being able to play the opposite side. Add that the Kings also have the option to play Bjornfot and Moverare at LD and the Kings are essentially set.
Now I won’t doubt Muzzin would be welcome back at a lesser cap hit, but the issue is there are so many hurdles to jump to make this make sense.
1. Muzzin would need to agree to waive his NTC, seeing this move as his best chance to win a cup
2. Anaheim would need to accept retention to help a division rival in a weak division
3. LA would trade for an older player (30+) for the first time since a rebuild
4. The Kings would be trading for a player they traded away, this is an incredibly uncommon thing for the Kings to do historically
5. If muzzin were to waive only to one team, Blake would hold all the leverage, Dubas doesn’t tend to make (bad) desperation moves especially if he’s retaining
6. Muzzin and Durzi/Spence/Walker would be problematic, he’d need a player like Roy to play a stay-at-home role
I think the Kings fans on this site see a Muzzin trade on the daily here, from our news media there are no wheels to this. And from what I’ve read real Toronto beat writers know there is nothing there for Muzzin back to LA either. If the Leafs need the cap space move Holl and/Kerfoot and get your shut down RD from the free agency.