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This idea has been floated before.
Sandin for Durzi is just not as good a fit as it seems at first blush. Toronto has two senior citizens and no one else at LhD behind Reilly. To me, Sandin (or a young replacement, whom you don't currently have in the system) is an absolute essential this season. And I don't see why we would have less trouble signing Sandin to a new contract than the Maple Leafs have had, and he'd have to come in at $1.75 million or less to keep us under the cap because we still have Mikey Anderson to re-sign. Plus, with Anderson, Sandin, Tobias Bjornfot and Alex Edler on the left, Jakob Moverare is exposed because he's not waivers-exempt (or else we'd have to send Bjornfot down to Ontario or pare ourselves down to 13 forwards when we already have one extra). Bottom line: Toronto needs Sandin, and Los Angeles would have trouble adjusting the roster for him.
Sandin for Moverare plus a high draft pick (or Sean Walker!*) has some appeal. Sandin for Durzi is a roll of the dice for a front office that is pretty conservative, because to me, Durzi has shown more potential than Sandin. Other realistic possibilities become ever more complicated. This is one of those annoying situations where the idea seems like a really good one, but it just becomes two square pegs in two round holes.
*I've looked at this, and it would require moving BOTH Alex Kerfoot and Justin Holl.