Quoting: mhockey91
Dude, Kap is a third liner on the leafs, Bear excelled as a rookie playing top minutes against tough competition. The value isn’t even close. Bear isn’t going anywhere. I used to like Kap till leafs fans overvalued him. Jeeze
We don't overvalue him. We just actually watch him play. He even plays the PK.
The only reason he's on the 3rd line is because Marner and Nylander are ahead of him on the right side. Name one other team that has that much talent on the right wing...
Bear is playing on the top pairing because the Oilers don't have a legit top pairing RHD. If he was on the Blues he would be on the 3rd pairing on the right side would that mean he isn't worth that much (cause that's the logic you're using with Kapanen).
Quoting: justaBoss
This means nothing. The fact EDM has McDavid has no effect of any kind regarding Kapanen's perceived value...
If I were EDM, I'd hesitate moving Bear for Kappy, but if Bouchard is able to replace him, then I'd consider it.
I do agree though that Liljegren is too steep price to add on this deal.
I'd say the value difference between Bear and Kapanen is no more than a 3rd round pick and Liljegren is definitely worth more than that. Plus the Leafs have a ton of wing depth (they can't even play Bracco) so I don't think Puljujarvi has much value for them.
Kapanen and Johnsson are always undervalued by other teams. I'd honestly just keep them unless we can get a good return for them.