At $4.05M for 3 years beyond this one, there are real dollars attached to the risk associated with Gardiner. Luckily, no one knows what Jake Gardiner is better than the Leafs, except for maybe the Canes, and they can tackle that risk. I’m not sure I envision a world where salary is retained on Gardiner, and I can’t see any equally questionable contract on the Leafs they’d send the other way, so maybe we’re already at a standstill on how this deal could work, though Gardiner as the part of something bigger or the Canes paying the Leafs to take Gardiner’s contract hold some appeal for me.