Players have to take some of the blame.
Babcock is a bigger problem with his usage of the team he has.
But there is a move the leafs could make which could help both in money and the return we could get from an anderson trade.
How about brown and anderson to the Oilers for a Larson or nurse and their first this season?
The leafs free up 7 million in cap space, as well as getting another top 4 dman and a top first round selection.
The difficulty here is who to replace Anderson with.
What about bringing back a mcelhaney along with one of the youngsters (woll or scott)?
Maybe there is another goalie option out their one of you are aware of, that could help the leafs for the next 2 years until either one or both of woll or scott will be ready.
I know that this move could be business suicide for dubas, but if it worked out, it would be brilliant.
If the leafs did manage to dump marleau and zaitsev on top of the Anderson and brown move, there would be alot of money available to resign kappy and johnsson, maybe even a gardiner as well as bringing in another player or two for other areas.
The only problem I can see is getting some stable goaltending for the next 2 seasons until the kids are hopefully ready.