TDL Moves

I'd rather not have to deal with Kapanen's new contract. If it came down to him or Kubalik, I'd lean towards Kubalik.

No chance the Leafs could take on that kind of cap. Even after moving some of their bad contrats like Ritchie, it doesn't come close to fitting. Its a non-starter.

What his QO? We need RW players more then LW. I agree I would rather have Kubalik, but those two trades are separate and Hawks don't have a cap problem next year with Flowers and De Haan out of the picture as part of a retool or rebuild.

Kap's QO is $2.34m

The cap hits are prorated so it's retention on De Haan plus proration on both. As an example, De Haan's cap hit is essentially 1/3rd (what's left in the season) and half of that (50% retention) that actually counts towards the leafs cap hit. Kubalik would be 1/3rd without the retention piece as the Hawks would be at 3 players retained so can't do both.

Point is, often misunderstood on here, are the cap rules at the TDL. If it's Envall and Ritchie, they will be close or alternatively one of those and Dermott and can probably make it work.