The Leafs move on from Rielly, Jarnkrok and Abruzzesee in the first move to refurbish the blueline. They import Ethan Bear for the right side 2nd pairing and a discounted OEL for the left where he will likely play protected third pairing minutes and 1st PP. Additionally they grab a feisty undersized winger in Conor Garland who has underacheived in Vancouver and needs a change in scenery and their 1st rounder in 2023. Given the contracts they are absorbing and the fact that they would still need to sign Bear, the 1st is CODB here.

The Canucks get out from two of the three tickets they want out from under though it does cost them salary retention, the rights to Ethan Bear and a 1st round pick to do it. In return they get a second puckmoving defenseman who is an upgrade on OEL both in age and ability and will be a hometown favourite to boot in Rielly, a middle six winger with a 200 foot game in Jarnkrok, and an instant offense prospect to replace Kratsov in Abruzzesee.

The Leafs get a anchor for the right side of their defense in Andersson and a pair of staggered picks but it costs them the top layer of their pipeline and a regular in Kral, Robertson, and Liljegren respectively. Voit is not someone who will help them immediately and can be sacrificed here.

The Flames, who want to get more offense and need to get cheaper, temporarily downgrade from Andersson to Liljegren who is on the same development path but younger. For that however, they pick up a replacement for Toffoli in Robertson and a replacement for Zadorov in Kral in addfition to Liljegren. All three can play for them now. The fourth piece, Voit, is an instant offense prospect not as far along who just blew up the OHL as a 19 year old.