BIG no from Vancouver. Not a chance they'll take Zaitsev without you paying them.

I know that there's a time zone issue but it is possible to watch Eastern games in Vancouver.

Zaitsev is instantly the Cancucks 2nd pairing RHD and on their 1st unit PK, he would lead all their Dmen in hits and by 20121-22 his contract will be a bargain. Toronto will not be "paying" anyone to take Zaitsev off their hands, if they don't get an asset in return he will either be back in Toronto or back in the KHL, in which case his cap hit disappears.

Leafs aren't trading Kadri for Johnson even if Colorado picks up Marleau's contract

Johnson's contract is an albatross & with him and Miler on the team they would have to play both Sparks & Andersson to keep the goals against under 4.00

He would be bottom pairing right d. Stecher and Tanev would play ahead of him. Also first pairing PK? LOL!! Maybe if Babecock was the coach but not with Travis Green behind the bench.

How does time zone have anything to do with this?

Also, Toronto would pay to move his contract because of their cap problems.

Remind me again how many cup wins, playoff appearances, Gold medals or the winning percentage of Travis Green as a coach ? Oh wait .............LOL!!

As for Stecher vs Zaitsev they both have 3 years in the league, Zaitsev has more goals, more points, more hits, more blocks & similar possession numbers, except that Zaitsev starts in the O zone less than 44% vs Stetcher's more than 50% and Zaitsev play 2 minutes more per gamer. Stetcher has more takeaways and less giveaways.

Comparing a rookie coaches achievements to a veterans is beyond stupid. Obviously Babecock's resume looks better. A monkey could point that out. Did you happen to watch this year's playoffs? Babecock did a horredous job of coaching in the playoffs. You should ask red wings fans about how terrible Babecock was after winning the cup. Travis would never play Zaitsev on the PK because he knows Zaitsev sucks at playing defense.