The Toronto Maple Leafs freed up $3.8M by flipping Petr Mrazek to the Chicago Blackhawks and it only cost them a few draft positions.
By trading Petr Mrazek, the Toronto Maple Leafs continued to show that any contract is moveable and cap-flexibility is the most important asset.
In order to get rid of Mrazek’s $3.8M contract for the next two seasons, it cost the Leafs 13 slots in the draft, but since the player they wanted at 25 was already gone, and they correctly guessed that their second choice would be available at 38, the move was a no-brainer.