22 Nov 2020 18:12:28
To Leafs: Zacha, Walsh, Coleman
To Tampa: Mikheyev, Bahl
To NJ: Kerfoot, Holl, Johnson, Foote

Leafs save $2.8M cap space

Tampa saves $5.15M cap space

NJ gains $10.25M in cap space which they can easily afford and Foote goes to play with his brother for their dad.

Tampa is in a bind, and if they want to dump Johnson, it will cost them Foote. Simple as that. Jersey would do them that favor I’m sure.

For Tampa and Toronto, this is all about saving cap without decimating the team. Both teams need to cut costs, and this trade achieves that.

23 Nov 2020 00:26:18
Why help Tampa out at all

Just do kerfoot and holl for zacha and Walsh and call it a day

I want Tampa to figure this out without leafs help.

23 Nov 2020 08:03:29
I was looking at Tampa’s roster and wanted to throw them in on a trade somehow I guess. See if we could take advantage of their cap situation somehow. It’s fun to play make-belief.

Coleman is one of the best two-way forwards in the game. For basically the same price, he should be a pretty big upgrade over Milheyev.

23 Nov 2020 14:28:43
Good point Coleman would be a great addition.

23 Nov 2020 16:57:48
Works well for Tampa and the Leafs, not sure NJ would do this.

For NJ it is
out-Zacha, Walsh and Bahl
In Kerfoot, Holl, Johnson, Foote and add $10+ to their cap.
They improve a bit, but the biggest issue is all these NHL players that are good/ ok, are signed for at least 3 more years and they have so many players to re-sign in the next two years. Foote is great, but they lost a lot of their cap flexibility and I am not sure that would make it worth it for them.

23 Nov 2020 17:31:31
I like the deals I just can’t see how Toronto can add more players at this point as for New Jersey it’s ok and I say the cause they can literally flip Johnson Holl and kerfoot at the deadline to gain more assets if I’m the leafs i would take Foote over Coleman just because it’s still more of a position of need.

23 Nov 2020 20:15:47
I love the idea of getting Coleman. I am a huge fan of his.

23 Nov 2020 20:19:32
@Leafs1994. Leafs give up 3 roster players to get back 2 roster players.
Devils would have just traded 3 young guys to get these guys, so wouldn't make sense really to move them at the TDL to get other young guys.
You also have Holl with a modified NTC and Johnson with a Full NTC. You would have to get them to waive to go to NJ in the first place. Doubt they waive again in the same year at the TDL. Plus, Johnson was already waived and no one took him when they could have got him for free, so I doubt someone will give anything up at the TDL for him.
Yes, they can afford the cap hits, I just don't see them taking on the cap hits and giving away developing players that could end up being just as good as the ones they traded for and taking on over $10M in cap so they can get Foote.

24 Nov 2020 00:17:59
This whole prop came from a mistaken belief I had the Adam Foote was the new head coach of the Devils. If that was the case, I could see them willing to take on Johnson’s contract just to get Foote so he could be playing with his brother for their dad. That’s it. It was like any other of those cute proposals in keeping the game a family affair.

Except I was wrong. Foote isn’t the new head coach of NJ.

I pulled a Craigger move and didn’t bother making a cursory search to confirm something I thought was suspect but sounded right enough that I took it as true. It happens. It’s a pain in the ass looking up every minor detail so if I think I have it right off the top of my head I go with it. We all do it. I’m guilty as charged.

Having said that, yes, I would rather have Foote too, and Bahl, Which means Walsh and Liljegren go to Tampa.

Screw them anyway.