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Old 05-02-2019, 10:10 AM   #13596
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Originally Posted by Savvy27 View Post
Forgive me if this has been proposed before but what about:

TJ Brodie
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM
2018-19 Calgary Flames NHL 79 9 25 34 24

$4.65M (1 season remaining)

for

Kasperi Kapanen
2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 20 24 44 27
RFA

Reasoning: if the Leafs are unable to re-sign Gardiner (which for his sake, I hope they they won't be), they are going to need to replace him. Marner is going to cost a fortune and Kapanen seems like a player who is might be targeted for an offer sheet. This way the Leafs can fill a position of need at a decent cap hit.

Looking at their situation on Capfriendly, I have no idea how they are going to move out salary to sign Marner. Maybe they will just have to ice an AHL defense?
Problem with this is that it doesn't really solve the Leafs' cap issues... they need to pick one of Kapanen or Johnsson to sign with roughly $4 million to spare and adding Brodie at $4 million takes away that cap space, takes away Kapanen, AND the ability to sign Johnsson.

Brodie for Kadri is far more likely IMO.
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