Haaarrrddd pass from the Leafs

This is an overpay but Johnsson has to go for cap reasons.

I'm sure an Oilers fan will claim the opposite in no time.

oilers take it and run

Can't say no enough. Wouldn't trade either of those pieces for Puljujarvi 1-for-1 (Johnsson maybe because of cap reasons) let alone both.

Wouldn’t do it from oilers side. Doesn’t really make any sense at all for either team

Pulijarvi wouldn't even sign cause he wants to play in the top 6 and the Leafs have the best RW depth in the league. Also Leafs aren't paying a 2nd to "upgrade" a guy whos proven in the league for one that's unproven. Oilers fans can disagree all they want but Leafs say no thanks

I really like johnsson beside Matthews and Nylander. if he could stay healthy I could see him easily putting up 60 without being a defensive liability like hyman. I would much rather trade Kerfoot for Puljujarvi if they could find a replacement 3c or trade kapanen for Pulju and something extra they could flip for a RD and use the cap space on Gudas

Without being a defensive liability like Hyman.
Hyman is arguably the best defensive forward on the Leafs. Gets the most PK time from a forward. If anything the liability is Matthews who chooses to back check every 5th game (from what I saw at least)

I would also not flip Kappy for Pool Party. Why trade a proven player for a question mark. Maybe if it was Bear + Pool Party (who we would then have to flip for assets, since our Top 6 is blocked for him).

Oilers have their own cap concerns to contend with. In order to make this deal Holland would need to have other options to move out salary before the season begins.

lol what are you even looking at? At 5v5 Hyman isnt good defensively at all. hes really good on the pk but the leafs have a bunch of penalty killers right now. Matthews is one of the leafs best defensive forwards. Kapanen was also pretty bad this year offensively and defensively. the oilers wont give up a 23 year old top pair defenseman for kapanen

Hockey Reference
Hyman 5v5 Possession Metrics: CF% 52.3%, oiSv% 0.885, oZS% 52.5%
Matthews 5v5 Possession Metrics: CF% 54.2%, oiSv% 0.890, oZS% 59.5%
Marner 5v5 Possession Metrics: CF% 53%, oiSv% 0.875, oZS% 53%
Kappy 5v5 Possession Metrics: CF% 52%, oiSV% 0.890, oZS% 50%

Daily Faceoff has Bear on the 2nd pair (could be inaccurate). averaged 22 mins/night (3rd defenceman minutes on Oilers, so I could see the argument of 1st pair next season) 5G/16A isn't a bad stat line either, Decent Corsi relative to team, Gave up the puck twice as often as he took it away.

Kappy - 3rd line guy (only because of Marner and Nylander) 13G/23A (5 points were man advantage), average corsi on the Leafs, Took away puck more often than coughed it up.

Kappy on McDavid's wing would arguably be the fastest line in the league (especially if they resign Ennis)

I think Kappy for Bear is pretty close (kinda like the Jones-Johansen trade on a much smaller scale). Edmonton has Bouchard to step into the lineup. And Kappy easily slots into the Top 6. Makes a lot of sense to me.

But the Hyman slander hurts. He's the heart and soul of the Leafs. The day he gets traded/sent to FA will be a hard day for me.

Yeah I don't think Edmonton is the right location. Probably Ottawa or some other team loaded with cap space.