The 1st trade is just nonsense. A 30 year old guy im who had a career year is not going to get you two 1st Rd picks and 2 guys picked in the 1st round. It's wild how bad this is.

I don't really hate the Leafs trade. I think you have the thinking on what it would cost to dump the contracts wrong. It's max a 2nd. It's not remotely similar to the Marleau situation. So the 1st and prospects are alot to give up, but having a player like Garland at that deal would be hard to pass up.

doesnt help the deal that holl is an actual good defender who wouldnt be a cost to get rid of
at best the deal is a first and robertson
to save the 1 million just buying mrazek out would get you

i can understand how 1 might think holl is bad with how often leafs fans complain about him
but this trade is deceptively bad for the leafs

conor garland has only been at best 20% better than kerfoot over the last 2 seasons
and i wouldnt trade a 1st and 2 prospects to get kerfoot and dump 1 million in cap

Teams don;t generally retain money on contracts that have more than 1 year remaining. Garland has 4 at least. Kerfoot & Robertson for Garland & a late pick. If you want Holl, the pick is going to move up in the draft. IF you take Mrazek, the pick can move back down in the draft. Print it.

Yeah if you want that package from NYR it would be for Pettersson half retained. And probably more.