It’s going to be difficult to move Rielly.
I disagree. It’s a challenge but not any more difficult than deals we’ve seen in the past. Just need to get everybody on the same page and be creative. Let’s all remember, Karlsson got traded at a cap hit over 11 million. There’s always a buyer if the price is right.
1st you need him to waive in NMC
2nd you need to find a team that can take on his entire salary with no retention.
3rd get ready for a crappy return ..
I think Rielly, at his best, gets you a 1st round pick, roster player and a top prospect. A guy who can skate and put up 60-70 points at 7.5 AAV would be a bargain. Obviously, he’s not at his best and his value will be nowhere near that. But the cap is going up 7 million dollars this year. That means almost his entire cap hit could be covered by the cap increase alone. The cap minimum is up to 70 million. There’s about to be a big increase in the amount of teams that will be looking to spend money just to reach the cap floor.
Now, that’s not to say Rielly will accept a trade to San Jose, although it’s close enough to BC that he might consider it if they weren’t a trash team, but there are a number of teams that geographically might work for him. Top of the list is Vancouver and Seattle. Possibly Utah because they’re closer to the West and not a bad team either.
In terms of salary, again, because you have so many teams out there looking just to reach the cap floor, you can never dismiss a team being a 3rd party to lower his cap hit. Meaning, Leafs trade Rielly to San Jose (or Columbus), they retain 2-3 million, take a 3rd round pick, then Rielly lands in Vancouver for 4.5 – 5.5 million. Leafs get a 3rd liner and/or a depth D to fill Rielly’s spot at half the cost.
A cap floor team increases it’s cap hit without paying real dollars and gets a draft pick. Vancouver gives up a mid draft pick and a 3rd liner for a player who could replace Hughes when he eventually wants to be moved out. The Leafs get cap relief and a gritty 3rd liner.
Everybody wins.
Kampf has a 10 team no trade clause which can be work with. lucky to get a 3rd round pick for him
Kampf absolutely sucks for what the Leafs need but he’s another guy who would fit on a team somewhere just looking to reach the cap floor and add a 4th liner. Future considerations would be fine.
Jarnkrok I’d hang on to him. he’s got 1 more year before he’s a UFA. Could be a trade dead line to move him out
Jarnkrok is a playoff failure. I think a bubble team would take him but he absolutely sucks for the Leafs. Could easily see him going to a team like Columbus and being able to score 15-20 again but he’s not right for the Leafs.
Reaves not sure to buy him out or just send him to the minor but he should be done as Leafs.
His contract is allegedly very easy to bury. He’s finished. Maybe somebody takes him for a 7th round pick but I don’t think the Leafs need to worry about his contract very much anymore.
Robertson is most likely gone and I’d try to move Holmberg
Would gladly trade both of them as additions to any deal that helps the Leafs acquire more guys like McBain, Pospisil etc.