Agreed the trade isn’t enough but your analysis of Kerf is far more stupid than that trade.
is it really? bjorkstrand is the far better player in every way, and he’son a team-friendly deal for 4 more years. He got a 3rd+4th. Pacioretty is one of the best goal scorers in the game. He cost a young RD to move. Kerfoot doesn’t measure up very well to either of those guys. And no, his base salary being lower than his cap hit doesn’t make him appealing, because the only teams that would matter to are rebuilding and not going to give up assets for him