It seems like a high price to me. If he can produce, he is the type of player we have been missing for awhile now. And I also remember his draft and the talk of him going #1. Burke knows more about this player then I do, so I am going to trust him for now.
He won't be in a Leafs uniform until November.
I'm guessing Burke saw how well Christian Hanson, Tyler Bozak and Viktor Stalberg have looked in the rookie tournament and camp and is now thinking we have some prospects in the system and that the picks were expendable. By adding Kessel and Kadri and Schenn, the Leafs have their building blocks in place. Toronto has the cap space to surround those guys with some good talent next year, and we do have Blake and Hagman and Grabovski too. If Gustavvson takes off, then watch out.