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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Can someone explain to me why Toronto would want to trade Kapanen? Is it just for the cap savings (to add to back-end) or to acquire a defenseman for the back end?
I think Dubas is stupid, but he can't be so stupid as to trade Kapanen for a rental defenseman or one he could acquire as a UFA. It also doesn't make sense to trade a top-6 player that's making $3m a year, just because "he's buried in the depth chart" unless you're taking back a young defenseman who's equally underpaid.
If you have a $3m player that is ready for a top-6 role, you make room for him by trading a higher priced contract. It would make far more sense for the leafs to trade Marner, Tavares, Matthews or Nylander for a high end defenseman (or two).
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Well, Firstly - sense and TOR don't mix.
TOR isn't trading any of their top 4 guys. They are untouchable at least until the summer.
That leaves 4 guys with some value - Kerfoot, Johnssen, Kapenen. Hyman is used as the sandpaper with Matthews.
Only Kapenen is a RW, so he would be the one the Flames are most interested in. He's the youngest, shoots right, signed for 3 years - checks off a lot of boxes, hence the most talked about on this site. Dubas likely won't get what he needs from the others.