Quoting: DrDinkiee
Value wise these are quite reasonable trades. Fit wise I just don't see it. Also I don't think the Leafs are a better team after the moves.
Well, considering they probably lose Kerfoot for very little (smallish market because of cap/NTC/etc....) getting a 23 yr old dman in Valinmaki back is nice value.
Vilardi (with 37 pts in 89 games in NHL) on a pretty defensive and usually a non-playoff team at less than 1 mil is pretty close in value to an unsigned Sandin. Both have promise.
Holl for Braun is a lateral move, but it saves TOR 1mil in cap space. Both are pretty meh, but Braun is coming off a solid year/Holl is not. Pretty even, but with the cap savings and nice 12th-14th forward in Brooks, it cost the 3rd. TOR is not strong at center with Steeves, SDA and other center options not quite there yet.
Without the salary constraints, Kerfoot/Holl and Sandin are better than Vilardi/Braun/Brooks and Valimaki, but with the team needing to meet the cap, these moves leave them with more youth and a deeper team
Yes, LA cant afford and PHI or CGY might not have interest, but I think value wise theyre not bad