Without Brodie or a comparable D, that right side is going to sooooooo exposed.

Even if you snuck in the Bear signing...... it will be a long road to January; and with the Atlantic being so tight, could prove too costly.

Yikes

Since when does it cost a solid 3C and a top 6 prospect to move $2.5 mil? And take back cap? Crack was done before this trade. They can bury simek for 1.1 or buy him out for less than a mil a year. And oh yeah San Jose still has $4 mil in cap now, so why the hell would they do Toronto this massive favor?

Simek is a 1x2.25 contract... why on earth would they need to "get out from under" that contract? And pay to do so???

Soooo to get out of a 1 year 2.25 mil contract we trade it, plus a solid prospect and a solid depth C for….. an aging 5 mil x 1 year … cap dump????
Try and justify all you want this only helps Toronto