Ideal Deadline Targets from an Outside Perspective

Created by: krakowitz

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 1, 2021

Published: Apr. 5, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

As a non-Leafs fan, I think these two are the perfect targets for the Leafs. I see Wood bringing a few Hyman-esque elements to the middle six and penalty kill that they need more of, and Savard is a shot blocking beast that can help contain the scoring depth that teams like Winnipeg have. I'd also look into an Andersen+ for Kuemper deal if Arizona is up for it, but I doubt something like that is possible and the Leafs end up rolling with Campbell in the playoffs.

I didn't take the time to figure out values in the trades since everybody gets so up tight about them. The key is that the Leafs aren't giving up any of their top three prospects (Amirov, Sandin, Robertson) to get either of these players. Probably moving out mostly draft picks and prospects in the next tiers to get these deals done.

Trades

TOR

to whoever for whatever

SJS

Kerfoot, Alexander

TOR

Wood, Miles ($1,000,000 retained)

NJD

whatever (within reason)

TOR

Savard, David ($2,125,000 retained)

CBJ

whatever (within reason)

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
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$77,637,241	$0	$0	$3,862,759

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
Wood, Miles $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Galchenyuk, Alex $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
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	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $874,125$874,125 LD/RD UFA - 1	Savard, David -$1,062,500-$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bogosian, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Vehvilainen, Veini $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Sabourin, Scott $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW UFA - 1
Hutchinson, Michael $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 2
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2

Top Comments

Apr. 5, 2021 at 7:45 p.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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The defence TO has has done a great job of defending against the high powered offence of Edmonton and Winnipeg. Savard hasn't been doing the same in his division.

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Apr. 5, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

krakowitz

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Quoting: PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

The defence TO has has done a great job of defending against the high powered offence of Edmonton and Winnipeg. Savard hasn't been doing the same in his division.

Fair. I haven't really watched Columbus this year with the exception of a few games, but I know he's been playing fairly heavy minutes against a lot high end talent, which won't happen in Toronto. At the very least, I think he's an upgrade to Bogosian (even though he hasn't played poorly) and gives them more depth. I do think he'll do better in Toronto than he has this year in Columbus. His track record is much better than this, and CBJ being a dumpster fire this year doesn't help

Apr. 5, 2021 at 7:59 p.m.

Devil

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Wood would cost a lot to get, especially with retention

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Apr. 5, 2021 at 7:59 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Miles Wood be good in Toronto.
Leafs fans aren’t gonna like the price though.

Top D-man prospect, bottom-6 forward and pick

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Apr. 5, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

krakowitz

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Quoting: Devil1122

Wood would cost a lot to get, especially with retention

Quoting: NHLfan10506

Miles Wood be good in Toronto.
Leafs fans aren’t gonna like the price though.

Top D-man prospect, bottom-6 forward and pick

I figured as much. I'm sure the extra year of control is a pretty big factor too. As a Caps fan, I've seen a lot of him this year and I've been pretty impressed. What are you guys thinking from a Leafs perspective? Liljegren and a 2nd ish?

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