Leafs 20-21 One trade

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 13, 2020

Published: Jun. 17, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Don't re-sign Clifford. Keep the 2nd round pick and let someone else overpay to get him.

If Robertson is in fact in the lineup, shelter him on the 3rd line with Kerfoot and Kapanen. Against lesser competition I bet that line would thrive.

Re-sign Dermott to a one year prove it contract. Still an RFA the following year.

I like Johnsson but, the trade was necessary because of cap reasons.

Deslauriers replaces Clifford on the 4th line. A high energy player who can forecheck and hit hard and not be a liability on the ice. Two years of control at a very reasonable AAV for a 4th line player.

Muzzin and Holl get shutdown minutes against the oppositions top line. Rielly and Dermott would make a great 2nd pair IMO.

I still don't think that this D is of championship quality but it beats the hell out of overpaying for a RHD that doesn't move the needle substantially just because he happens to be right handed.

I need to see a larger sample of Mikheyev and I don't know what Barabonov is yet in the NHL.

641K in cap space and a 23 man roster with three serviceable NHL spares.

Lets go!