my first time

Vegas decline they don't have the cap space.

Islanders decline, doubt Lou makes the same mistake twice.

All these trades is in TML favor... Zaitsev = negative value, you have to give something to get a ride to the Zaitsev's contract. Miller alone > Kadri. Same thing with Kapanen, Brown vs Larsson

Listen up sheep, Zaits IS a good Dmen (and will be viewed and valued in the real NHL circles as one), maybe he's a bit over paid but RHD aren't easy to find, hence Lou Lam giving him that contract. The media influence on the may weather fans (which sadly are the majority) ends up creating you sheep. The trades here do need work but like the man said this was his first attempt and you criticize without proving your own point just adding your opinion. Edm is in desperate need of scoring speedy wingers and someone who can have chemistry with McDavid (2 check marks right here with Kappy and Brown) and the Leafs need a RHD. The logic is sound here and realistic when you add picks or prospects to offset any favors. Kadri makes 3/4 of a million more than Miller, not such a big deal if Vegas wanted him, that was a lame argument. Lou Lam probably has no need for Zaits, but not because Zaits is "negative trade value" but because the Isles D-Corps are better than the Leafs as a group. Oh...and Oz should come at a cheaper price, if he wants that money, let him go back home. These undrafted and unsigned Russians keep picking Toronto hoping for a Zaitsev deal.

Oi Slick, BOS exposed Nazzy's crazed-brain and Zaitsev's miss-comings. The playoffs is where it matters after all, so gotta sell low(er) and I don't think NYI or LV do a deal for the TO assets you've chosen; EDM might?
The cap-crunch is definitely coming...............tick-tock.
Case-in-point = 21 skaters and US$81.9M expended (Marner's $$ is a little low too) - other GM's will let 'Dobbie' rot alongside his over-paid carcass' - so let the fire-sale begin....