31 May 2020 08:29:57
Leafs trade Kapanen, Johnsson
Ottawa trades White*
*Ottawa retains $1.25M

Yes, I know it won't happen cause it's a division rival. Get over it. I Hate to deal with Ottawa, but they got the cap space they can afford to take on both these guys quite easily.

I expect Ottawa is having reservations about White right about now. $4.75M for 25 points a year is a pretty big overpay, and signing him to that big contract instead of a bridge deal is looking pretty bad. They get two good players, and they would probably be willing to retain salary simply to help them reach cap floor next year.

$3.2+$3.6+$1.5=$8.3M in cap for Ottawa for Johnsson and Kapanen basically. Or $4.15M each. That's not a bad deal for two 20g/ 40p players. And is a steal compared to the $5.75M they have in White alone right now

Leafs dump salary, and White at $3.5 isn't so bad if he stays at current production. If he gets back to where he was, it's a good deal. And if he reaches new heights, it's a great deal. And playing on a much better Leafs team, I can easily see White bouncing back. He would be a good 3C. Cost the same as Kerfoot, but with upside. Would allow us to trade Kerfoot after or move him to wing. LW depth isn't good as we saw last year when we were forced to move Kerfoot to wing after I juries to Johnsson and Mikheyev. By having White playing 3C and trading Johnsson we could make the move to wing permanent for Kerfoot.

1.) 31 May 2020
31 May 2020 14:15:23
Ya but the thing is the leafs would prefer to have Kapanen or Johnsson over White. Both are better players and both have much better contracts even if Ottawa retains.

2.) 31 May 2020
31 May 2020 19:05:33
While is signed to a bad deal. Why would you send them 2 good players for him? You would be better off packaging them with something else for a 1RHD or trading them for picks/ prospects.

3.) 31 May 2020
31 May 2020 21:48:18
I think White is a prime candidate for a bounce back season next year. He'll either be playing with tkachuk', or he will be playing with at least one of whoever Ottawa drafts with their top picks this year. At $3.5 that's a pretty good deal for a 3C with plenty of upside.

But I'm not going to argue it. Lol. I was just thinking how we can save on cap without just dumping guys for picks. This gives us someone we can use right away.

4.) 01 Jun 2020
01 Jun 2020 00:19:36
I agree he is a decent 3C that may bounce back but I would say Kerfoot or Engvall are just as good there.