Thats bad

The trade with Vancouver is one of the worst I've ever seen from the Toronto perspective. No chance.

Scoring Goals Per Game Point Shares Adjusted
Player Tm Lg Pos Season Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI G A PTS S OPS DPS PS G A PTS
Chris Tanev VAN NHL D 2018-19 29 55 2 10 12 3 18 2 0 0 0 51 3.9 1109 0.04 0.18 0.22 0.93 0.1 2.9 3.0 2 10 12
Nikita Zaitsev TOR NHL D 2018-19 27 81 3 11 14 2 18 3 0 0 0 71 4.2 1658 0.04 0.14 0.17 0.88 -0.3 2.7 2.4 3 11 14

You need more than that for Tanev and Hamilton. Kings don't have the cap space to hold salary.

More than that for Tanev? Are you serious? If Benning didn’t take that offer he should be fired immediately! Tanev hasn’t played a full season in 2 years and is a UFA after this year. Zaitsev is an average defenceman that makes a little more than the average NHL salary. However he’s a RHD which aren’t as plentiful as LHD so the extra money can be justified somewhat. He also has cost certainty which is valuable in a hard cap system.

The Carter/Marleau trade above is awful too. Jeff Carter, unfortunately, is a shadow of his former self and not much better than Marleau AND has 2 years left in his deal. The Leafs would be better off keeping Marleau for one year and if they’re trading Kapanen getting a D-man back.