For FREE was simply too high a price for anyone to pay based on that contract of his.
Now Marlies should be primed for a Calder Cup, because with Komi @ $4.25 mil and Connolly @ $4.75 mil those 2 players alone give the Marlies the likely the highest AHL payroll.
Unfortunately under the new Cap CBA however those contracts are still counting against the Leafs cap, so mistakes even those buried in the minors can no longer be covered up. GM's are therefore going to have to be a lot smarter then in the past as a result or it will cripple your NHL team.
Komi is heading for a compliance buyout and NO CAP hit, so its only this year that Leafs are negatively effected by his contract.