That's a garbage return

Sheary on a line with Tavares would be great. Remember what he did with Crosby.

Thompson probably doesnt play full time on the marlies and they already have hyman to play with JT. He would probably end up playing on the 4th line so they are giving up kappy for an older 4th liner on an expiring contract

Honestly Sheary is the exact same type of player as Moore so the Leafs wouldn’t need him.

I guess you did not watch Thompson in the playoffs last year.
He had 2 goals in 3 games against the Marlies. 6 goals in 8 regular season games for the Amerks, and 2 goals in one game this year with the Amerks. That is 10 goals in 12 AHL games.
TBH for you to make that statement about Tage, proves that you know nothing about hockey and all of your comments are worthless.

Oh you mean in the AHL, the league that insnt the same as the NHL. How about the fact that he is absolute garbage at the nhl level. That's great that hes scored in the AHL! This might be one of the stupidest replies ive ever read. But I guess you're right because I said a guy who is bad is bad. I guess hes good now because we dont want to hurt anyone's feelings

"Thompson probably doesnt play full time on the marlies" to this I was commenting. The fact that you cannot even read your own comment only proves my point.
BTW, give him a year in Rochester where he can regain his confidence and see what he does in the NHL.

yea you right. giving up kapanen who is a good 3rd line right wing for a player who will split time on the 4th line on the AHL team. Thompson isnt better then bracco, he isnt better then petan, he isnt better then korshkov but hes probably better then wilson. they have wilson in the lineup to help the younger players with their development so he will still play games. I guess giving up a good middle six forward for a 4th line ahler who has a small chance at making the leafs next year is a great idea. asset management 101.

This is an unfortunate food fight that I started, for that I apologize.
I can see how my reply could be misunderstood that I thought this was a good trade for the Leafs. That was not my intention. If you read my comment, it was not directed to the value of the trade but rather to your comment about Thompson that he would not be a full time Marlie. I thought that was just a bit hyperbolic and over reacted.
I really like Kapanen and would love to see him in a Sabre, but IMO this trade does not work for either team. Sheary does not PK and even though his goals may be close to Kapanen, his value to the team is not the same. While I think Thompson will develop into a good mid six forward, he is at least a year away and does not help the Leafs this year.
The Sabres pass because even though Kapanen can PK, they have players who fill that role.
Again, I should have been more specific when I responded to your initial post. Both teams would pass on this trade for different reasons.