The value will be widely panned as underwhelming, but Leafs management has decided to pull the trigger, load up on more prospects & picks, and open up $6.75 million in cap space by offloading 85% of Kessel’s contract for the next seven years ($1.2 million retained for duration of the deal).
It’s a convoluted nine-piece deal, so here are the final details.
To Toronto:
Kasperi Kapanen: An 18 year old right-handed winger and the best piece in the deal from the Leafs perspective (the 1st will be late to very late, Harrington is a grade below in pedigree).