over this offseason the leafs are gonna have to get a RHD, and you could say the leafs have the leverage to do it. I imagine the leafs wouldn't be afraid to trade any of the 2021 1st round pick, Johnsson, Dermott, Kerfoot, Bracco, etc.
some candidates I could see coming over are:
Trade:
Connor Murphy
Damon Severson
Josh Manson
UFA:
Dylan DeMelo
Kevin Shattenkirk (realistically, I can't imagine he gets all that much he only had 1 good season on a jacked team right after showing he wont fit on every team)
Sami Vatanen
TJ Brodie
Let Andersen and Campbell split the games 52 to 30 games just to see if Campbell could be a cheaper starting goalie. Cause Freddie will be getting more than whatever Holtby signs for.
I only want Manson, DeMelo or Vatanen there. Brodie is getting older, and Severson is not the D Toronto needs
Vatanen not so much that guy barely stays healthy. DeMelo could work, Manson 100% but duck fans overvalue him, and severson meh. If I was toronto (weegar, cernak, mayfield, and roy) should be targets. All can come fairly cheap and toronto wont have to give up to much to get them
One experiment I wonder about brodie. He could be interesting especially with Muzzin but some people say he is the jake gardiner of calgary which is a red flag right there, but still with his health issues he may sign for a reasonable contract so who knows