Quoting: DangleCat
Wait a Leafs fan who does not think they will get like 3 picks and prospect for Kerfoot? I did not know you guys existed.
Well he gets more than a 7th lol.
Given the work here, try this on for size:
Kerfoot to Calgary for Tanev ($1 million retained) by the Flames, funneled through Ottawa who retains 50% of the remainder.
Flames get Kerfoot, on an expiring deal (same cost as Tanev for the year), which gives them not 1, not 2, not even 3, but 4 lines that can put the puck in the net. Scorr8ng by committee will be the Flames M.O. this season, and a guy like Kerfoot fits Sutter's system beautifully. I shall throw in a 4th rounder for nominal retention.
The Weegar acquisition makes this more than possible.
Ottawa gets Holl and Abruzzese for retention. Sens need a top 4RD - Holl can do that. Abruzzese (we are talking 2 years of retention here folks), gives the Sens a legit bottom 6 call up for this season, and a player that just might compete for a spot.
Leafs get Tanev at $1.75 million for two years, which fills a top 4 pairing roll beyind Holl, but adds a grit factor that frankly, Brodie, Holl or Liligren don't have.
There is my outside the box thinking.