if Brad or Matt wanted to be in Toronto it would have happened

Hawks say get lost and don't call again.

Your arguments make sense from a Leaf POV only. Let Brodie insulate Mathews. Kyle from Chicago will take care of Bedard. I wish Leaf’s would just buy Murray out, it would be cheaper than what it really takes to move him.

Treliving has certainly made it difficult to get the Leafs below the cap ceiling.
He signed Bertuzzi before he made cap space.
As one can see, even moving out Brodie and Murray still leaves the Leaf's with sufficient cap space for only a 22 player squad.

Few teams will offer help knowing that the Leaf's need to shed nearly $7,000,000 before the start of the season.

While the Sens will be responsible for $2,000,000 of Matt's $8,000,000 actual salary, whatever roster he is on will need to pay him $6,000,000, that is going to cost a lot more than a third.

Brodie would have value if his actual salary was not $7,500,000.
Compare his $5,000,000 AVV with Pesce's $4,025,000 AVV and it is easy to understand.
His production is not commensurate with his AVV and is woefully short of his actual salary.
It is a difficult reality to accept, but it will cost assets to move his salary as well.
Maybe less than Murry's contract but it will still be substantial.

It is unlikely that any ONE team could absorb both of their AVV's

Seems crazy to me that at the Hawks would take on cap for those two players and 13.5m in actual salary. I'm guessing Brodie has any team with cap on his no trade list.

Hawks hang up and light their phones on fire

It’s amazing how Leaf’s fans conveniently ignore the fact that Brodie and Murray are owed $13.5m in actual $$, like it’s an insignificant part of the equation.