How it is looking

Strome will never sign for $2M....way too many teams will offer him $1.5m to $2M more.

Possibly. I'm not sure why Chicago isn't qualifying him if that is the case.

I think Toronto may look to move kerfoot and offer more money to strome. Or just sign a cheaper ufa.

Dylan Strome? A soft and lazy player added to the Leafs

1) He's 25, doesn't fit the rebuild timeline. 2) His QO is $3.6M and he's arbitration eligible and if he goes to arbitration, he gets $5M give or take $500K.

That's why they are unlikely to qualify him, otherwise they would probably sign and trade him at the TDL. He's not signing for $2M though...that would be absolutely stupid on he and his agent's part to go from $3.3M to $2M...he's a bargain at $3.3m

Not lazy, a bit soft yes but not lazy