Confirmed Trade: [PIT/TOR] Kasperi Kapanen, Lindgren, Aberg for 2020 1st, Hallander, Warsofsky, Rodrigues

[Tony Romo]

Murray is not that good you guys...

He isn't better than freddie, but i think the idea is they can sign him long term for cheaper than freddie will command. I think? I have no clue.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

Something has to give. Expect more changes.
Just hope the return is good and we didn’t move Kap just to move Kap

 

[JT Kreider]

lmao they could have just done this last year and kept Marleau and their pick

 

[Makaveli]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

It's not giving up, it's time for a change. This won't be the only move.

 

[CupInSIX]

Can this trade be done today? I had no idea there was no trade freeze. Interesting.

The TDL is just a playoff roster freeze, not a trade freeze. It's a misnomer.

 

[Nizdizzle]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

You sure love to spin things against the Leafs. Every time I see you post. Trading a player doesn't mean they've given up on them, you have to trade value to get value...

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Makes a ton of sense if they're done with Andersen and are picking up Murray. Pitt gets a good young forward and gets rid of their goalie problem without adding a ton of salary or giving up future assets they need to rebuild. Sure they miss out on a "futures" package for Murray and are selling him at a low point, but it was going to be hard to get picks and prospects for him in such a cap constrained environment.

Toronto finds a new #1 and potentially sheds some salary in doing so if he signs cheaply enough.. Kapanen isn't too expensive a price to "upgrade" from Andersen to Murray. As long as the Leafs have a spot for Andersen, I fully approve. Theoretically, Andersen shouldn't be TOO hard to move since his salary is only 1M (even if his cap hit is high), I just don't see the Leafs getting assets for him. Hopefully they don't have to give up anything significant to move Andersen because there are some legitimate concerns with Murray and if Andersen outperforms him next year they would have effectively gave up "Kapanen +" to downgrade the position. In such a case, management is going to look pretty foolish.

 

[Nucker42]

It's picks coming back

that they flip again

Pitt trades their picks it’s not picks

 

[SEALBound]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

Have to give to get. Seems foreign on HF I know but it's reality.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Gotta be Murray, right?

 

[Merrrlin]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

Not sure how they are giving up on him. He's been given a chance to play on all the lines, top PP, etc. He's a good player but we have a cap problem moving forward so someone has to go.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Yeah, that's an important part. Dubas has shown a tendency to re-acquire players he was either a junior coach for or an agent for. It's not just a coincidence.

In fairness if I had a multi-billion dollar franchise at my disposal I’d play NHL 20 GM mode in real life too

 

[I am Canadian]

Makes sense to me it's picks and prospects that will be moved for a defender

 

[CupofOil]

Does Pittsburgh really need a 50 millionth top 9 forward?
This smells like a Murray for Kapanen swap.

 

[Fatass]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

As fun as this trade talk can be is moving Kap really going to be the key to the Leafs having further playoff success?

 

[Toby Flenderson]

Curious to what they give up. Kapanen is a solid player.

Also, you can trade during the Playoffs?

You can make trades any time. The player just can’t join the team after the trade deadline until the following season so teams usually don’t bother till the offseason

 

[Nucker42]

Hornquist my guess

 

[NewtJorden]

Murray is not that good you guys...

Easy to be blinded by his two Stanley Cup.

 

[Taluss]

Come on I was going to cry laughing if it was JJ

 

[Gurglesons]

Hornquist my guess

Yeah I kind of feel it may be this too.

Hornqvist doesn’t fit in our top six and JR is talking about getting younger.

Toronto wants bite.

 

[Hitemwith4]

Has to be for one of Pits Goals right... unless its a d man ( not Jack Johnson) Unless Dubas is a complete dumb ass

 

[CreeksideStrangler]

Surprised the Leafs are giving up on Kapanen already.

they arent. he is one of tge only producers outside of the top 6.

they obviously are shaking up. hopefully for defensive help

 

[shortfuze]

Seattle

Pretty sure Seattle is next summer so what do you do with 3 goalies this coming season?

 

[super6646]

Come on I was going to cry laughing if it was JJ

Yeah that didn’t make much sense lol

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Murray isnt good... that would be a massive downgrade from Freddie if they acquired him. Utilize Kappy to get massively needed dmen help.