Leafs Stabilizing goaltending and short term fixes for defense

Created by: RobotFromRocky4

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 19, 2020

Published: Aug. 19, 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

Rangers and Leafs trade goalies. Andersen and the King of New York's contracts end at the same time so Andersen can be extended for less than the King's cap hit and the Rangers will have a strong goaltending tandem. Rangers also get a middle six right winger that is cost controlled and can generate 20 goals with middle six minutes. Also is a positive PK contributor and is a very fast skater. Shoot first mentality.

Leafs solidify their goaltending and can have a decent tandem that is cost controlled. Georgiev signs at a slightly higher cap hit percentage as Matt Murray but for one more year (4 years instead of 3) when he was extended by the Penguins. Cap space can then be used to shore up the defense. DeMelo at top six minutes should be effective and Tanev paired alongside Rielly should help Rielly play his game (pairing should be a better performing version of the Rielly - Hainsey pairing).

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gauthier, Frédérik	1	$775,000
Malgin, Denis	1	$775,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	1	$1,250,000
Dermott, Travis	1	$1,250,000
Georgiev, Alexandar	4	$4,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason	1	$775,000
DeMelo, Dylan	1	$1,125,000
Tanev, Christopher	1	$2,800,000

Trades

TOR

Georgiev, Alexandar [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Rangers grant permission for Leafs to negotiate contract extension with Georgiev before trade is finalized.

NYR

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$81,480,616	$0	$0	$19,384

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Gauthier, Frédérik $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $775,000$775,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Tanev, Christopher $2,800,000$2,800,000 RD UFA - 4
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
	DeMelo, Dylan $1,125,000$1,125,000 RD UFA - 4	Georgiev, Alexandar $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Malgin, Denis $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 19, 2020 at 10:59 p.m.

Bcarlo25

Joined: May 2018

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Gotta say, as a bruins fan I would be really happy with this.

Aug. 19, 2020 at 11:04 p.m.

TheDime99

Joined: Apr. 2019

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How would the Rangers even use Andersen, also Georgiev is an RFA so you wouldn't have to work out an extension before a trade. Lastly massive overpay

Aug. 19, 2020 at 11:04 p.m.

Jfstompers

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Joined: Feb. 2018

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Do people keep moving andersson because they can't extend him

Aug. 19, 2020 at 11:07 p.m.

mikearky

arky

Joined: Aug. 2016

Posts: 6,753

Likes: 4,368

Umm Rangers if they move Georgiev, not looking to get another goalie back. They have 3 and you did nothing to help their situation but deal them more cap.

Aug. 19, 2020 at 11:12 p.m.

RobotFromRocky4

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 36

Likes: 3

Quoting: TheDime99

How would the Rangers even use Andersen, also Georgiev is an RFA so you wouldn't have to work out an extension before a trade. Lastly massive overpay

Lundqvist's effectiveness has diminished. The Rangers can keep three goalies up for another year and split the starts between Andersen and Shesterkin. They're in no hurry as they are still a rebuilding team.

The request for permission to negotiate the extension with Georgiev doesn't have to be a hard condition. I was thinking the same thing happened when the Leafs traded for Andersen but I can't remember if he was an RFA at the time of the extension.

Sure, it's an overpay but the Leafs have an abundance of right wingers and you have to give value to get value.

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