Unless I completely misunderstand the formula CapFriendly uses deadline cap space is the amount of season cap hits the teams can take on. So if they have $1m available they're about $3.25m short on available space for being able to trade for Savard and his $4.25m cap hit. This is why Kerfoot keeps coming up in proposals. It's not because Dubas would want to trade him, it's because Kerfoot is the only forward with enough cap hit to get the Leafs close enough in $$$ going out to add a $4-5m cap hit rental.
