Leafs 2019-20 - One way to solve cap issues

Created by: Gauss

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 7, 2019

Published: Feb. 7, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Assuming:
1) Marleau's cap hit is Toronto's problem and there is nothing they can do about it.
2) They want to try to keep the team together as much as possible with the fewest disruptions.
3) Gardiner is gone because they just can't afford his cap hit.

Then I think the simply answer is trading one more player (Nylander) for future picks and/or prospects can solve the cap problem for 2019-20 and at the same time keep our assets that we would have to give away for another team to take the likes of Zeitsev's cap hit.

The proposed trade below with Florida is to show what such a trade could look like.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnsson, Andreas	4	$2,500,000
Sparks, Garret	2	$950,000
Marner, Mitchell	6	$10,500,000
Ozhiganov, Igor	1	$1,100,000
Kapanen, Kasperi	2	$3,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lindholm, Pär		1	$1,100,000

Trades

TOR

Tippett, Owen
2020 1st round pick (FLA)
2020 5th round pick (TOR)

FLA

Nylander, William

Additional Details:

C/RW William Nylander traded to open up cap space for a couple of picks (1st and leafs own 5th back) and 2017 10th overall pick RW Owen Tippett that is a goal scorer with some size that has a solid potential of being a future NHL 1st or 2nd line winger

This trade happens after the July 1, 2019 signing bonus has been paid to Nylander making his actual salary for the next 5 years a bargain for Florida's cash flow. Florida will have the cap space needed without sending any cap back to Toronto.

Picks can be adjusted to make more far if needed but I think they are reasonable.

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,000,000	$76,728,166	$0	$582,500	$6,271,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Marner, Mitchell $10,500,000$10,500,000 RW UFA - 6
Johnsson, Andreas $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Matthews, Auston $11,634,000$11,634,000 C UFA - 5	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,250,000$3,250,000 RW UFA - 3
Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Marleau, Patrick $700,000$700,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1	Bracco, Jeremy $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW UFA - 1
Lindholm, Pär $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, C UFA - 2		Tippett, Owen $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) RW, LW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ozhiganov, Igor $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD UFA	Sparks, Garret $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 1
Rosén, Calle $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 2	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 7, 2019 at 10:57 a.m.

TML1991

Joined: Feb. 2016

Posts: 685

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leafs would rather move someone like zaitsev and give up significant futures to do it than get futures for nylander. They want to win now, giving up nylander for futures hurts the window.

your value is fair, but i dont think it helps the leafs in their goal to win.

Feb. 7, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

SammyT_51

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Joined: Jul. 2016

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Nylanders going nowhere. Although I would like to get Heponiemi from Florida. He is so underrated playmaker it hurts.

Feb. 7, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

mcoach69

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 887

Likes: 77

Florida not trading a ELC contract if they are going after Bob and Pan

Feb. 7, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

Juice

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 3,301

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IMO...your proposed solution contradicts your point #2 in the description.

I can see Nylander getting trade after July 1st this year...but not for futures. If they can move him and get an impact defender at a similar or lower price point then it may make sense.

I'm not even a huge fan of this deal...but I could see something like this being a benefit to both teams:

Post July 1st..leafs trade Nylander straight up for Pietrangelo (with $1-$2m retained). St. Louis gets nylander for 5 years at an AAV below $7m which is cheaper than re-signing Pietrangelo..who they may let walk anyway. Leafs...prior to executing the trade, negotiate a 5yr extension with Pietrangelo.

So leafs get Pietrangelo for his ages 29-35 who becomes a part of their "core" while getting $1-2.5m in cap savings next year
Blues get Nylander for his ages 23-27 while only needing to pay a salary of $700k next year...and an average of $6m over the final 4 years after that

That's a type of deal I can see Nylander being involved in.

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