Leafs Blues

Created by: BigAnderson

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 28, 2019

Published: Nov. 28, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

All these rumours surrounding blues and Leafs, I just a lot fans thinking Leafs can rob them for Parayko or Pietrangelo. Why not create a bold move for both sides
Rielly is stud no doubt, but so is Parayko and he’s a better fit for Toronto’s needs as our PK is terrible as was our biggest downfall against Boston in the playoffs last year along with Kadri’s suspension. Adding Parayko to the PK unit helps Leafs more than losing Rielly hurts our power play. Furthermore Barbashev has more of the attributes that we miss from Kadri than Kerfoot does. He adds some sandpaper to the bottom 6 that is sorely missing in Toronto.

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TOR

STL

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)
Cody Ceci: $2,250,000 (50%)

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
24	$81,500,000	$81,047,143	$0	$70,000	$452,857

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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 5
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 $10,893,000$10,893,000 RW UFA - 6
Mikheyev, Ilya $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 1	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Barbashev, Ivan $1,475,000$1,475,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1	Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Timashov, Dmytro $694,444$694,444 ($70,000$70K) LW UFA - 1	Shore, Nick $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 1	Hutchinson, Michael $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
Gravel, Kevin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 3

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

Top Comments

Nov. 28, 2019 at 2:44 p.m.

TheresAlwaysNextYear

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Bad trade for the leafs

Nov. 28, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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All these Leaf fans robbing St Louis, "How about we do a bold move for both side.".....proceeds to absolutely obliterate TO.

Rielly is better than Parayko
Johnsson and Kerfoot are worth more than both Allen and Barbashev. This is a horribly 1 sided trade.

Nov. 28, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

STLBlues17

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Quoting: LoganOllivier

Is Reilly really better than Parayko? I mean Reilly is top-5 offensively, but is truly awful defensively whereas Parayko is top-5 defensively and slightly below average offensively. You could make the argument and it really depends on what you value, but it’s not black and white at all. But yeah, the Leafs wouldn’t do this trade.

Nov. 28, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

Shylo_Moxii

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Quoting: LoganOllivier

Honestly now that I think about it Rielly and Parayko are closer than people think. Parayko is just probably Top 3 in Defense (might be a little lower but I can only think Slavin and I’m slipping on the other guy ???) but Allen sucks and Barbashev is 3C at best Kerfoot could get up to around a 2C and Johnson is around a 2nd Line right now. I know Toronto has a need for a backup but not at that cost.

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Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:05 p.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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Quoting: STLBlues17

He is not awful defensively. Rielly is fantastic but was, like the rest of the team, using a system that absolutely didn't work. So many times where Rielly was blamed for bad defence was when he went to get the puck behind the net or the corner and someone went to the slot and the other team scored. That isn't Rielly's fault, that is the system's fault because there was no support. Keefe's system protects the high danger areas and has the whole team playing as a cohesive 5 man unit. Rielly is good defensively, and he's one of the best puck movers in the NHL and his skating is next level. He is better than Parayko. He's a better skater, a better puck handler, has way more offensive ability and is still going to get better.

Now please don't take this as me saying Parayko isn't terrific he absolutely is, he'd be the 2nd best defender in TO I'd wager, but he is still not at the level of Rielly. I think in 3 months, no one is going to think Parayko is equal to Rielly. I know it was only Detroit last night but they had a 20-4 advantage in high danger scoring chances and since Keefe has come in, they've been a positive team in the possession realm in every game and dominant in 2 of those games. They were a little bit better at 5v5 against Colorado and they are a legit cup contender.

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