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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 1, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.
Thread: Just Thinking
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Welcome to CapFriendly!

We're not denying that Kerfoot is a decent player, or that Dermott has a bright future. The problem is that we have no one to replace Matt Roy internally. We can't just make this trade and then go to training camp; we'd have to go out on the open market and find a free-agent RD to play significant minutes and do so at something like a minimum contract level, or else the "hidden" cost of this trade would go up dramatically. And if such a free-agent RD were available, couldn't YOU guys sign him?

Also, note the effect of the upcoming expansion draft. If we protect Dermott as a third defenseman, we'd have to expose one of Clague or Walker; if we protect him as one of 8 skaters, we'd presumably have to protect Iafallo and the three K's, so all of our other young forwards would be exposed. That means we'd have to risk losing the guy we consider to be the fourth best young forward on the team.</div></div>

Thanks

As the title suggests I was just putting my thoughts out in the open, now as a trade with Mikheyev was mentioned then this could be put into the trade instead. I was wondering 1. Would a move for Roy be possible as I see him as an excellent fit on that bottom pair for the leafs with time on the PK, and 2. If people agree with my opinion of him.

The leafs also need cap relief and the Kings are a team with cap room and one who have done a fair amount of business during the Dubas era, hence my thoughts at the time.