The Leafs don’t need Bouchard, they already have Klingberg and Reilly quarterbacking the PP. What they need as a physical DFD

Yep 👍 never will happen but like maybe Arber Xhekaj

Once again the Hawks are not paying anything to take on Brodie’s contract; actually it will be the opposite, the Leafs will have to send a high pick with Brodie and his $5m cap hit to get the Hawks to bite.

Can't see the Hawks giving up assets to take on Brodie, or Brodie waiving to play in Chicago.

No

"take on Brodies contract" people on here have never seen him play. Man is a top pair shutdown D and makes 5 mill. He should be worth a 1st+, but it's irrelevant because the leafs shouldn't trade him in the first place

I live in the GTA and watch most Leaf games so I’ve seen him play plenty. I watched him get walked for an OT winner in the series against Florida. it is obvious to anyone who has WATCHED Brodie play that he has lost a step and is a diminishing asset and any team that it counting on him to be a “top pair, shutdown D” is destined to be disappointed. He is at best a second pairing D man at this point in his career.

Despite our differences in his value as a player, you Leaf fans fail to acknowledge a couple of key points. First, according to this website there are only a handful of teams that have the cap space ($5m +) to take on Brodie’s contract. Of those teams a couple have players on LTIR who when they come off that cap space disappears (Pitt, Florida), others (Det, Buff) have a boatload of D men. End of the day the trade options are extremely limited and the Leafs will be competing with other teams looking to move contracts for that cap space.

Second, as everyone knows the Hawks are one of those teams who do have available cap space but they don’t really have a NEED to add anything at this point. They are not looking to be competitive this season as they have clearly stated they are in a rebuild, the fans are on board with the rebuild, so there is no external pressure… so why pay for unnecessary assets?

When all is said and done, I think we will as see Kyle Davidson will acquire additional draft capital or young players for his cap space; if it doesn’t happen before the seasons begins, he will be patient and be ready to do business at the TDL.

Brodie has played great for 3 years, and has been their most consentient defender and most people on here trading him for scraps bring up a bad play or two in round 2. By that logic we should trade every player for scraps when they have a not so good couple of games.

to add to your point about no teams having space to add and chicago not needing to add, THE LEAFS DON'T NEED TO TRADE BRODIE FOR NOTHING!!! Why are the playoff bound leafs trading their top shutdown D? It doesn't make sense.

I think the goal moving him is to create cap space.

They don't need to do that

How do you figure that? Even with Muzzin and Murray on LTIR, they are over the cap ceiling by almost $3M. TOR absolutely needs to get under the salary cap.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4531439
read the description.

Why the hell are you asking me why the Leafs would trade Brodie, I didn’t create the proposal.

I am merely explaining why the Hawks wouldn’t give up assets to trade for him and would want the Leafs to add draft compensation.

I didn't say you did. The hawks probably should take him for scraps and then flip him at the TDL for more

They would TAKE him, they just aren’t going to pay for him. As I stated earlier there are numerous teams that will be looking to move contracts and very few teams that will have the cap space to take them. Davidson can afford to be patient and get the best value for his cap space. I’m betting that value doesn’t involve giving up assets… at least not assets he values.