TRADE: #SeaKraken acquire Oliver Bjorkstrand from #CBJ for a 2023 3rd and 4th

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And all that went out the door with this one trade

Bless your little heart for beating me to the punch on this one. Combine that with the fact that paying assets to clear space for another team is incredibly stupid when there's 10 (!!!) that are currently over the cap and will have to dump players anyway (Some have it sorted with LTIR, others not so much...), and the Ducks won't be competitive this year. Kerfoot and Holl don't change that.

If we are lucky, cause something has to give as we are over the cap, is a trade like this for a b-c prospect who is a tweener

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I agree a 2nd and 3rd round pick for Kerfoot and Holl might be fair value under normal circumstances and if the Leafs weren't currently over the salary cap, but Leafs won't get fair value. They will need to sell low to unload any salary. Ducks aren't giving up a 2nd and 3rd when other teams in a cap crunch will include picks/prospects to dump salary. Ducks might trade at best a 5th and 6th for Kerfoot and Holl if they plan to flip them at TDL for more/higher picks.

Aprox. Value for Kerfoot = 2nd and a 4th
Aprox. Value for holl = 5th or 6th
2nd and a 3rd for both seems fair

Could you elaborate on this? Forget about the valuations being incorrect as already dictated by the market this summer, I am just curious as to how a 2 a 4 and a 6th round value gets you an offer for a 2 and 3rd rounder?

Value of Kerfoot = Future considerations

Value of Holl = Future considerations

If the Ducks really wanted to they could demand a second to take each contract and the Leafs would have to pay if they want to move on.

The Leafs have 0 leverage in moving any of Holl, Kerfoot, Muzzin and whichever dump the leafs need to move out

Teams aren't paying to get to the floor anymore. Even if there weren't a dozen teams up against the cap looking to shed a bad contract or two, Anaheim could just as easily go out and sign a couple depth guys to $2Mish deals to get to the floor. You're not "doing them a favor" by sending Kerfoot and Holl to a rebuilding team.

Kerfoot is a fine player and if you could hold on to him until the trade deadline, I'm sure that a contender would be panting to pay at least a second for him to replace an injury loss. The problem is that you're trying to get rid of him now, when contenders have no cap space and non-contenders have little interest in a non-inexpensive rental except for the horizon value. Holl's worth is similar but reduced; right now I don't imagine us paying more than a third for one and a fifth for the other.

If you think Holl is worth anything more than future considerations you’re on crack.

no WONDER i was having such a lovely day . . .