Confirmed with Link: [TOR/PIT] RW Kapanen, D Lindgren, LW Aberg for '20 1st(15th), LW Rodrigues, C Hallander, D Warsofsky

[Shanty]

Trade details:

To Pittsburgh

• RW Kasperi Kapanen
• D Jesper Lindgren
• LW Pontus Aberg

To Toronto

• 2020 Rd 1 pick (15 overall)
• LW Evan Rodrigues
• C Filip Hallander
• D David Warsofsky

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[ULF_55]

Off season is underway.

 

[LeafChief]

A big LOL to all of the clowns saying the Leafs would have to ADD to Kapanen to move him.

 

[IceColdBear]

I like this move.

It frees a little salary to go after the top 4 d we need to replace (hopefully improve upon) Barrie, and gives us more of the potential cheap young talent we'll need to keep recycling through to win with this core long term.

Hymen, Robertson & Johnsson are a decent stable of guys to play with the big boys up front anyway.

Plus, selfishly, I love the draft and this will make the off-season more interesting - time to start looking at some of the guys who could be available at 15.

 

[Notsince67]

Names names names...
Braden Schneider

 

[Anthrax442]

 

[kb]

I like this move.

It frees a little salary to go after the top 4 d we need to replace (hopefully improve upon) Barrie, and gives us the potential cheap young talent we'll need to keep recycling through to win with this core long term.

Hymen, Robertson & Johnsson are a decent stable of guys to play with the big boys up front anyway.

Plus, selfishly, I love the draft and this will make the off-season more interesting - time to start looking at some of the guys who could be available at 15.

Don't get too attached to Johnsson IMO.

 

[Gabriel426]

Manson for 15th overall?

 

[LeafChief]

Don't get too attached to Johnsson IMO.

I'd move Johnsson tomorrow. I don't think he has nearly as much value as Kapanen but I've continued to say that I believe a 2nd + 3rd is fair value when you consider the acquisition cost of Eller by Washington and Shaw by Montreal.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I like how this trade simultaneously clears up cap room and also addresses our thinning prospect pool.

 

[hobarth]

Trading Kappy is a good thing, Kerfoot should be next and Johnsson as well. These are 3 players who can score but their value beyond the goals and assists is minimal. They brought nothing to the playoffs/qualifier series and were totally overwhelmed by any line Columbus played against them. I wouldn't describe them as doggedly determined but rather as excitedly opportunistic, not able to create opportunities but willingly able to act when opportunity presents itself. Their brand of hockey isn't a winning formula and very definitely not playoff worthy.

TO is now negotiating with Mikheyev who I feel is the same type of player as Kappy, he's not a 3 mil. player and I don't feel he's a 2 mil. player, I hope Dube doesn't overpay him as well.

 

[kb]

Manson for 15th overall?

Manson and Comtois for Johnsson and #15?

 

[A1LeafNation]

The fact that it was Aberg and not Bracco was telling that Dubas either:

1. Is keeping Bracco
2. Thinks he can get something for him
3. Is already part of another deal

 

[Gabriel426]

Manson and Comtois for Johnsson and #15?

That’s too much from the Leafs.
Maybe Bc I have not seen Comotis played since WJC but just looking at his stats, he is being hyped up way too much.
Manson and Comotis for 15 and Engvall seems more fair, at least to me.

 

[Gabriel426]

The fact that it was Aberg and not Bracco was telling that Dubas either:

1. Is keeping Bracco
2. Thinks he can get something for him
3. Is already part of another deal

Could it just be that nobody want Bracco?

 

[A1LeafNation]

Could it just be that nobody want Bracco?

Why not take a flyer on him instead of Aberg?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I don’t think that the Leafs are all that worse of a team without Kapanen. In terms of experience sure, but Robertson proved he belonged on the big club in the Jackets series, being a more than adequate replacement for an injured Johnsson. This trade basically switches who Robertson comes in for between Kapanen and Johnsson.

Also there’s like 4 months before next season so there’s plenty of time to find improvements.

 

[Kelly]

Need an updated trade tree for Kessel.

Starting to get bushy.

 

[kb]

That’s too much from the Leafs.
Maybe Bc I have not seen Comotis played since WJC but just looking at his stats, he is being hyped up way too much.
Manson and Comotis for 15 and Engvall seems more fair, at least to me.

Johnsson goes for the cap needed to take Manson. The Leafs couldn't do a Manson trade without sending back significant salary, and Engvall's salary won't be enough.

 

[Superstar]

Trading Kappy is a good thing, Kerfoot should be next and Johnsson as well. These are 3 players who can score but their value beyond the goals and assists is minimal. They brought nothing to the playoffs/qualifier series and were totally overwhelmed by any line Columbus played against them. I wouldn't describe them as doggedly determined but rather as excitedly opportunistic, not able to create opportunities but willingly able to act when opportunity presents itself. Their brand of hockey isn't a winning formula and very definitely not playoff worthy.

TO is now negotiating with Mikheyev who I feel is the same type of player as Kappy, he's not a 3 mil. player and I don't feel he's a 2 mil. player, I hope Dube doesn't overpay him as well.

Soup showed a lot of promise before his wrist injury, and never really got back to form after...yep, hopefully Dubas gets him on a good bridge deal and he impresses next season.

 

[Gabriel426]

Why not take a flyer on him instead of Aberg?

Aberg had NHL exp

 

[DarkKnight]

The fact that it was Aberg and not Bracco was telling that Dubas either:

1. Is keeping Bracco
2. Thinks he can get something for him
3. Is already part of another deal

4. He has no value

 

[Gabriel426]

Johnsson goes for the cap needed to take Manson. The Leafs couldn't do a Manson trade without sending back significant salary, and Engvall's salary won't be enough.

That’s true but I am assuming there will be a separate deal for AJ with another team.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Assuming Dubas keeps the pick and 15th overall will be the highest he's selected in the 1st round as the Leafs GM. We already saw him get Rasmus Sandin 29th overall in 2018, so it will be interesting to see who he drafts with it.

 

[1specter]

Mirtle:

He also moved out a player the organization had grown tired of, both on the ice and off. Some teams that were initially interested in Kapanen decided against the deal after digging a little deeper into some of that. But the Leafs still had plenty of suitors for him much of the year, given his package of size and speed. That interest was enough that the futures bundle became what it did.