I thought most of the leaf fans didn't like the trade because they woulda had to expose carrick, wouldn't it make more sense for the leafs to do it now?
what trade? You're not getting kapanen lol. There's a couple goofs that think it's a good idea but we're rebuilding, and he's our top prospect.. and was one of our better players in the playoffs. Looked better then marner.
He'll be worth so much more next offseason guaranteed.. our managements not dumb. There's smarter ways to acquire defense.
Expect our management to take advantage of how much defense is available, and use some of our expiring contracts (jvr/bozack) matched with some of our NHL ready wingers (leipsic,rychel,leivo,soshnikov) and maybe a 1st or 2nd round pick. We'll also probably take a look at free agency.
We could have used any of those pieces.. we could have even used brown, and not had to worry about exposing carrick.
But if we did trade kapanen.. I'd expect our management to take advantage of our expansion flexibility, pair him with a player that isn't exempt,say jvr, trade them both and go 4-4-1. There is a premium on expansion exempt players right now.. which would be the only logical reason to trade him. If kapanen were to be moved, it makes more sense to move him now