The #leafs trade Sam Lafferty to the #canucks for a 2024 fifth-round pick.
Helps ease Toronto's cap jam.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 8, 2023
Malcolm Subban (STL), Nathan Walker (STL), Zach Bogosian (TB), Gabriel Fortier (TB), Simon Benoit (TOR), Kyle Clifford (TOR), Dylan Gambrell (TOR), Martin Jones (TOR), William Lagesson (TOR), Maxime Lajoie (TOR), Jack Studnicka (VAN), Christian Wolanin (VAN) ..
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 8, 2023
The Leafs’ cap and roster situation combined with Lafferty’s $1.15 million cap hit seems to have put him in an impossible situation barring an injury circumstance that would’ve created more space.