Florida declines, Ekblad isn't getting moved for a winger like Marner. Between Ekblad and Pietrangelo you're adding nearly $16.5 mil in defenseman and that's just insane.

Besides the fact Dubas said they aren’t moving Marner, adding Pietrangelo and Ekblad is overkill. Unless there was some sort of handshake agreement to have Leafs pay Panthers Ekblads bonus money for this season that he already had been given, the deal doesn’t have the cash vs cap difference to really the kind of savings they’re owner has been rumoured to want. Even then it’s basically a wash, with the exception to how much Marner gets paid out rest of this season