The Athletics proposed trade

Équipe: 2022-23 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 8 févr. 2023

Publié: 8 févr. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Why the Canucks do it:

'Vancouver would recoup a pair of quality draft picks and after this season, gain $3.7125 million in cap space for the next three years. That cap flexibility would be huge, whether you’d want to leverage it to upgrade the blue line or take bad short-term contracts from other teams for sweeteners. You could probably retain a bit on Kerfoot, whose contract expires at the end of this season, and cash him in for an asset at the deadline too. The Canucks should prioritize acquiring premium draft picks and cap flexibility in the next building phase and that’s exactly what this deal would accomplish.'

Why the Leafs do it:

'The upside of a deal like this is it allows the Leafs to add pieces that (possibly) make their team better without moving the likes of Matthew Knies or any first-round picks. Perhaps the price for Schenn (a second-round pick in this scenario) is a little high but experience costs, I like the idea of adding some Stanley Cup-winning experience to be around the likes of Sandin and Liljegren this postseason.'