Fine, bad GMing, I get it, can't win em all, and everything like that. But why is a trade like this even on the table, how does it even come close to happening? Why, in a non-salary cap world, does a team that's comfortably in a playoff spot, decide to dump their number 4-5 defenseman who's young, tough and built for playoff battles, and not get anyone back in return? This has to be unprecedented. Even if he didn't figure in their plans, what's wrong with a wealthy team like the Leafs keeping him on hand as a number 7 so they don't have to risk putting Chris McAllister on the ice?