Big Buff

Created by: Juice

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 4, 2020

Published: Feb. 4, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

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

Does Byfuglien still want to play hockey? I have no idea. It just doesn't make sense to me why he'd drop his grievance with the Jets and forfeit this year's and next year's salary just to have his contract terminated.

The theory here is that you sign him to a pro-rated deal, put him on LTIR, let him re-hab, if he's ready, send him to the AHL to do a conditioning stint in the minors near the end of the season...then call him up for playoffs.

Reasonable? No...probably not. We've seen what players look like when they miss most of the year + the timing would have to work out almost perfectly for it to work.

We've seen lots of Dumba trade offers. I'd love to see something like this work out using Johnsson/Liljegren/Pick as the base and Ceci simply as cap ballast

Ryan Miller? I dunno...just having fun with that one. Not sure he'd leave sunny California for Toronto...but maybe for one last playoff run. Numbers are better than Hutch at least but that isn't saying much. I just don't think it's work it for the leafs to overpay for someone like Georgiev just to be a backup

Trades

TOR

Byfuglien, Dustin ($3,800,000 retained)

WPG

2020 7th round pick (WPG)

TOR

Dumba, Matt

MIN

TOR

Miller, Ryan

ANA

Hutchinson, Michael
2020 4th round pick (TOR)

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$81,483,810	$0	$1,402,500	$16,190

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,634,000$11,634,000 C UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,893,000$10,893,000 RW UFA - 6
Engvall, Pierre $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 5
Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Timashov, Dmytro $694,444$694,444 ($70,000$70K) LW UFA - 1		Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 1
	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1	Miller, Ryan $1,125,000$1,125,000 ($1,200,000$1M) G M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Marchment, Mason $767,500$767,500 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 1		Clarkson, David $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 3		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Byfuglien, Dustin $3,800,000$3,800,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
		Mikheyev, Ilya $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 4, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Buff contract can't be terminated if he's LTIR. So either he is ready to play or he is not. I don't think Buff is going to leave the Jets and leave the Jets money on the table just to sign elsewhere.

But it brings up a interesting scenario. Let's imagine a "star" player wants to end his career elsewhere. For example he's getting 10m but on a poor team and in the summer retires. Then he signs for a 5m deal with a contender. Sure he loses 5m, but for guy who might have made 80m in his career....so what.

Feb. 4, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

MG1986

#LeafsFever

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 3,787

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Byfuglien's situation is somewhat unique, as far as precedent goes. You mentioned something about forfeiting his salary. Part of the issue is that he's suspended without pay, and which will continue indefinitely until his grievance his decided. So, the dropping of the grievance would basically be a settlement of sorts, since regardless of what his salary is next season, he might never see it anyway. By dropping the grievance, and by him and the Jets mutually parting ways, it allows him the opportunity to start fresh and provides him the chance at another contract next season.

Feb. 4, 2020 at 10:17 a.m.

MG1986

#LeafsFever

Joined: May 2017

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Quoting: palhal

It is my understanding that he is not on the LTIR, he is suspended indefinitely by the Jets for breach of contract.

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Feb. 4, 2020 at 10:18 a.m.

Juice

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 3,301

Likes: 1,512

Quoting: palhal

Buff contract can't be terminated if he's LTIR. So either he is ready to play or he is not. I don't think Buff is going to leave the Jets and leave the Jets money on the table just to sign elsewhere.

But it brings up a interesting scenario. Let's imagine a "star" player wants to end his career elsewhere. For example he's getting 10m but on a poor team and in the summer retires. Then he signs for a 5m deal with a contender. Sure he loses 5m, but for guy who might have made 80m in his career....so what.

I did not know this. Was simply going off of Seravalli's reports last night and he seemed to imply that he'll become a UFA but hasn't even started skating yet (nor does anyone really know if he wants to still play hockey).

Feb. 4, 2020 at 10:20 a.m.

mondo

torontos finest

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 9,560

Likes: 11,192

The trade doesn't make any sense for the Jets. If Winnipeg retains salary, they are losing that 3.8 million in cap regardless of Byfuglien's status on the Leafs. They can't put that on LITR.

If you actually want to sign Byfuglien, wait until his contract is terminated.

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