Tough Decisions - Panic Mode

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 23, 2019

Published: May 29, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Main Goal, to shed Salary and Fit the team under the cap without making them objectively worse.

Kap and Johnsson are signed on 2-3 year bridge deals. Many comparisons but I think they fall in 5-6M total between em.

Marner, based on comparables and Athletic Articles, 4-7 years at 11% of the cap, which is around 9.125M

I have extra cap space for when Hyman and Dermott come back. They should fit based on gaining cap space from LTIR.

Trades
Connor Brown was a useful player, but Babs is not using him properly. Rumors have been around for a while for going to Edmonton. Send him for some type of Picks package or B-AHL Prospects.

Nikita Ziatsev also must go before July 1st. NYI have lots of Capspace, but more importantly Lou, who signed Ziatsev to that stupid contract. Now Ziatsev is not useless, he is good, Lou thought so. So I assume he would want him back. Its more Ziatsevs term that hurts more than the caphit. But both arent ideal. He needs to go.

I thought Miller would be more easier to aquire since Vegas isnt playing him and needs to shed cap over another D like Brett Pesce's. It seems like a bit much from a Leafs perspective, but that probably means its sort of fair?

Marleau is not going anywhere. He is loved by the Leafs, he has 4 kids who he wont want to uproot again and most importantly has a full NMC which I am 98% sure he wont waive. So he stays.

Also
Hainsey is not back. I would not mind him as a 5/6 and PK specialist. However, I cannot trust Babs to play him on the top pair again, so Dubas wont sign it to save Babcock from himself.

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