ARE LEAFS COACHES GETTING BEST OUT OF TEAM

Created by: TMLSage

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 4, 2019

Published: Nov. 4, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Looking for some feedback on whether the Leafs coaching staff is getting the best out of the team to date and any observations you might have to improve the team which can be read by Mike Babcock.

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

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$80,497,143	$0	$70,000	$1,002,857

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Matthews, Auston $11,634,000$11,634,000 C UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,893,000$10,893,000 RW UFA - 6
Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 5
Mikheyev, Ilya $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1	Shore, Nick $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1
Timashov, Dmytro $694,444$694,444 ($70,000$70K) LW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Barrie, Tyson $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 1	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Ceci, Cody $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Hutchinson, Michael $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Clarkson, David $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2

Top Comments

Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:05 a.m.

ChiHawk

Joined: Apr. 2017

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They need more grit and physicality and a stay at home defender or two. This team is also not playing as a team it seems.

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Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:43 a.m.

leaflet

Joined: May 2017

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1. I'm still not sure what our defensive system is: outnumbering opponents along the boards with intense pressure, or forming a square to protect the slot. I'm not sure the players know either. Enduring problem for several years it seems. Still too many players are caught puck watching away from the net. From the simplistic mind of a hockey fan, it seems that coaching is the issue on that one.

2. Barrie and Rielly struggle defensively. Barrie is clearly not playing with confidence. Just bringing him on top of his game would already help the team a great deal.

3. Marner shoots too much, and his shot % is among the lowest on the team. He needs to play his strengths, and feed teammates in good position to score. This is probably the pressure to live up to large contract.

4. The cap situation is the source of many (small) problems. Dubas could have used bridge deals (at least one), like many other teams did. Easy, and you save 3-4M in cap space. We would have had enough space to add a backup G and other depth signings, enough to fix remaining issues.

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Nov. 5, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

GenXHockey

Formerly Jamiepo

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: leaflet

All very good points.

4. Dubas is counting on the cap to increase quite a bit in the next 2-3 years. I think the longer term contracts allows him a clear picture on what space he has to build with.

2. Rielly is playing hurt and I don’t think he has been horrible. I find your point in 1. To be the main issue. Team defence.

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Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:57 a.m.

blowing_the_zone

Joined: May 2018

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Good points, leaflet. And good points by Po, too. I agree that point 1 is the primary issue and a doubt there is a dman in the league that could fix that problem, it goes deeper than that.

A few others to add

5. There a disconnect between the roster that Dubas is building and the kind of team that Babcock wants to coach. I don't think he's coaching to the teams strengths.

6. Our special teams flat out suck. There's really no excuse for that with the skill we have.

7. Babcocks message is getting stale and the players are tuning him out. That's as much on the players as it is on the coach.

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Nov. 5, 2019 at 1:58 a.m.

blowing_the_zone

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Quoting: blowing_the_zone

Good points. And good points by Po, too. I agree that point 1 is the primary issue and a doubt there is a dman in the league that could fix that problem, it goes deeper than that.

A few others to add

5. There a disconnect between the roster that Dubas is building and the kind of team that Babcock wants to coach. I don't think he's coaching to the teams strengths.

6. Our special teams flat out suck. There's really no excuse for that with the skill we have.

7. Babcocks message is getting stale and the players are tuning him out. That's as much on the players as it is on the coach.

Also, Chihawk is not wrong.

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