Another way to possibly fix leafs

Colin Miller is a great puck mover, right handed shot, and can play the 2nd unit power play to replace Gardiner. I also think his style of play would be a great compliment to Rielly. Will likely have to pay a premium. Ideally I would like to have Connor Brown in this trade but more realistically they would probably want Johnsson to fill in their third line. Miller is also signed for a couple years.

SIDE NOTE: When Marleau comes off the books in 2020, you could use the cap space to resign Muzzin. Rielly, Miller, Manson and Muzzin all signed for a couple years. Not bad.

Primary purpose of this trade is to get him off the books. Manson and Muzzin are the shutdown pair now and Zaitsev's salary is ridiculous. Would have to go to a team likely with lots of cap space. Would be great if you could get a depth D or 4th line forward but more realistically, the team taking him is just taking him for cap relief so will likely only give a draft pick for him.

NOT A TRADE JUST A NOTE!!!

Brandon Pirri is a guy from Toronto who I think given the opportunity, could take a hometown discount to play in his hometown. Sign him to a short-term deal in case he doesn't work out but I think he has lots of offensive upside and could be a good guy to replace Johnsson. Definitely a gamble but I think its worth it.

A lot of contingencies on this trade. I could see them wanting a guy like Nylander to jumpstart a rebuild. Might have to do something crazy like buyout Kesler or Perry to get the cap space. Manson would come at a premium so might be something similar to the Hall for Larsson deal.

Another trade that would be nice but I don't know if it will happen. Dallas might be tempted since Kadri is signed for a couple years and Faksa is expiring. If Toronto could resign Faksa to an extension equal to or lesser than Kadris ($4500000 per year) I think Toronto gets a steal.

The extra cap space could be used to extend another free agent.