The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Sam Lafferty to the Vancouver Canucks yesterday.
In exchange for the 27-year-old depth forward, the Toronto Maple Leafs received a 5th round pick.
Lafferty had previously been acquired last year in the trade that saw the Leafs send a first, a second, and two nothing prospects to Chicago for McCabe (50% retained) and Lafferty.
Considering that Jake McCabe is a borderline top-pairing NHL defenseman who has one of the NHL’s best cap-hits at just $2 million, and that the Leafs got two years of his services out of the deal, the cost to get Lafferty was basically nothing.