Are you out of your mind? No chance ever that JVR nets you Hanfifin. He is a UFA at seasons end and even if under contract for a while still isn't at a value that Hanifin is at. For Hanifin you start the conversation with Marner or Nylander.

Hanafin should have been drafted 10th overall. Already 4 Defense drafted behind him are better. JVR nets you a 20th overall pick. I bet its a lot closer then you think.

That's not how it works.

He'll net Hanifin if add your 1st round pick next year and Timothy Liljegren.

Carolina has a ton of depth on the LD blueline and most NHL ready! So I agree with Sage, it isn't that far off IF JVR is their target! (and they are looking for some scoring off the wing)! If you add a secondary prospect or a 2nd or 3rd round pick i would think that they would have interest!

and JVR has a NMC submitts a 10 team no trade list....I am not sure if Carolina would be or not on that list..if you were JVR which 10 teams would you block a trade to?, my guess;
1. Vegas, 2. Colorado, 3. Arizona, 4. NJD, 5. NYI has to be bcz already block a trade at the draft, 6. Vancouver, and I already run out of the obvious ones...doesn't need to list Detroit bcz have no cap to take him anyway, neither could Chicago, STL, NYR,TPA, MIN, PIT, PHI and WAS. I don't think he would go to Winnipeg so this will be my 7 on the list.
That leave us ANA, OTT, NSH, LAK, CGY, MTL, BUF, SJS, BOS, FLA, COL, EDM and Carolina...I don;t see the leafs trading JVR to a rival for a playoff spot, so IMO if JVR is traded the most suitable teams would be ANA, NSH, LAK, CGY,SJS, EDM.
Leafs would trade him for D, and if you look at what those teams have to offer....CGY and NSH are the only ones with nice D upgrades, but I don't see any of them interested to give away D for 1yr JVR.

So after this I am even more convinced JVR won't be traded until deadline IF Leafs are out of playoff race, which hopefully is not the case.