Fixing the Defense

Created by: CowSaysMoo

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 20, 2020

Published: Sep. 20, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Anderson, Josh	1	$1,850,000
Dermott, Travis	2	$1,800,000
Gauthier, Frédérik	1	$750,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	2	$1,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Simmonds, Wayne	1	$1,000,000
Tanev, Christopher	4	$4,500,000
Larsson, Johan	2	$2,000,000
Spezza, Jason	1	$750,000

Trades

TOR

Anderson, Josh [RFA Rights]
Savard, David

Additional Details:

David Savard is exactly the type of defenseman the Leafs need. This trade would only go down if an extension could be agreed upon this offseason, otherwise it is not worth giving up Nylander. Josh Anderson could use a change of scenery and would bring speed in the absence of Nylander.

CBJ

Nylander, William

Additional Details:

Columbus has been looking for a skilled top-six forward for a long time.

TOR

2020 2nd round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

Toronto receives cap relief and a high second-rounder.

SJS

Additional Details:

San Jose needs young talent with not much coming through the pipeline. And with Burns, Karlsson, and Vlasic not getting any younger, these two forwards should bring much needed skill up front.

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
23	$81,500,000	$76,515,750	$0	$400,000	$4,984,250

Roster

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
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Anderson, Josh $1,850,000$1,850,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Gauthier, Frédérik $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Tanev, Christopher $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Savard, David $1,062,500$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $1,800,000$1,800,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Spezza, Jason $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1
Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Hyman, Z.		Matthews, A.		Robertson, N.
	Marner, M.		Rielly, M.

Power Play 2
Mikheyev, I.		Tavares, J.		Anderson, J.
	Dermott, T.		Tanev, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Larsson, J.	Simmonds, W.
	Rielly, M.	Tanev, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Engvall, P.	Gauthier, F.
	Muzzin, J.	Savard, D.

Top Comments

Sep. 20, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

JaredOfLondon

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 19,840

Likes: 7,410

Nope, not trading nylander for a nearly 30 year old defender who is looking for a retirement contract next year.
And Anderson has minimal value

Sep. 20, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

danielcoe

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 1,258

Likes: 283

these trades make toronto better and Anderson is a good gamble but he will want more money like 3 million to sign and not sure if toronto can afford that..

Sep. 20, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

dopplsan

Nah.

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 4,542

Likes: 4,484

CBJ take that in a heartbeat.

Don’t get me wrong, I think this trade heavily favors CBJ, but don’t undersell Anderson. He’s a damn good winger who is likely to cost less than expected because of his (essentially) lost season. I just think his relationship with CBJ has soured.

I also think Savard can likely be extended at a cost-effective price as well, giving him good value. He’s older, and has lost quite a bit of the offensive promise he showed early in his career, but he’s also been a rock on the second line for us.

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Sep. 20, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

Ajp_18

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 9,851

Likes: 6,441

Toronto isn’t trading Nylander unless they are moving him for futures and Pietranglo has a contract...

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