The leafs already have those two named Kampf and Jarnkrok, problem is they don’t score.
The leafs need 40P guys for the bottom end and 4-5 PK forwards, not 6-7.
Yes, whoever has the most average / below average players wins the Cup.
You miss the point about cap hit. If Leafs had paid $14M for Marner, there was no place for improvement elsewhere. 9 years of this kind of participation is enough to make a move. Marner was the only one of the young core that didn’t have a contract….hence, he was expendable.