Turning a New Leaf

No deal for both sides on every trade

I find that Buffalo trade pretty decent. Not sure others will agree.

Why is NSH trading a 1st for Nolan Vesey lol. He is terrible. So is the FLA offer - FLA wouldn't touch that.

Ya. Most trades don't make sense. I like Reinhart but that's a significant haul heading back the other way. Also, no team can have more than 3 retained salaries on the books at one time.

Nashville is having trouble signing their prospect Jimmy Vesey, Nolan's older brother who's actually good. There's rumours that Leafs will sign him and Nashville could cry foul over tampering. So instead of that mess, just trade Nolan Vesey to them for 1st round pick.
From last season, it appears that Florida is keen on winning now. Bozak and VanRiemsdyk makes them much better up front and they both only have one year left on their contracts but could be resigned. I think all they'd need is a top four UFA defenceman.
Huberdeau Barkov Jagr
Bjugstad Trochek VanRiemsdyk
Jokinen Bozak Smith

Also:
Detroit is trying to dump Datsyuk's salary, Robidas's 3M cap hit can be written off like the Leafs did last season, Cowen's contract can be bought out at reported (something along the lines of) 650K cap credit this season and 750K cap hit the season after.

Chicago is also trying to dump Bickell's contract, they demoted him to AHL last season. Hence the draft picks.

Not too confident about Edmonton trade, though looking at their lineup I think Hunwick would fit nicely with their young blueline and play more when needed. Yakupov who has underachieved is rumoured to be available but I'm not sure what the Edmonton would want. I figured Kadri after comparing stats.

If you have Percy, Harrington, Scrivens, Bickell, Holland and Junco playing for the Leafs......well if the team could finish lower than 30th they would.