What Areas Do They Need To Address At This Point

Created by: Agent_Of_R9

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 12, 2021

Published: Nov. 12, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

After a horrendous start, it seems that the boys are back on track. Not only have they been winning games with the top forwards leading the way, the team has played really dominantly at 5v5, they give up very few scoring chances and everyone on the team is committed to the defensive structure demanded by the coach. I don’t think anyone ever doubted the ability of this group, it was only a question of whether they could overcome the psychological burdens. It’s good to see that they’re bouncing back, hopefully it continues.

At this point, I think it’s fair to start wondering what roster components the Leafs need to address in order to achieve playoff success? What are the team’s weaknesses? Feel free to share your thoughts, I will give mine below:

Trades

TOR

Strome, Dylan

Additional Details:

*Ritchie has enough talent to make some plays with the puck on his stick but he is just so lazy. Never battles for pucks or drives to the net. For a cap-strapped team like TOR, they'd be better off spending the money on someone who can provide some depth at center.

CHI

Ritchie, Nick

TOR

Galchenyuk, Alex
Gostisbehere, Shayne ($1,500,000 retained)

Additional Details:

*Leafs need an upgrade at 2RD. Holl is not capable and Dermott flopped when he played alongside Rielly. IDK why they haven't tried Dermott with Muzzin, but they need to make this work.

ARI

TOR

PIT

Holl, Justin

TOR

Lafrenière, Alexis

NYR

*What would he cost? I watch the way the Rangers are using him and I can't help but think he'd thrive in Toronto. He'd have more opportunity to be the primary forechecker and net driver, plus use his puck skills in transition. Plus under a good player development like Keefe, he should be able to thrive. To acquire him, no prospect is off limits from our system.

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$79,983,116	$0	$3,250,000	$1,516,884

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 3	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Kase, Ondrej $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW UFA - 1
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 4
Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 2	Strome, Dylan $3,000,000$3,000,000 C UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 2	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 1
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Gostisbehere, Shayne $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 1		DeSmith, Casey $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 1
	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Galchenyuk, Alex $750,000$750,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1		Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Friedman, Mark $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Marner, M.		Tavares, J.		Matthews, A.
	Nylander, W.		Gostisbehere, S.

Power Play 2
Spezza, J.		Strome, D.		Lafrenière, A.
	Rielly, M.		Sandin, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kämpf, D.	Mikheyev, I.
	Rielly, M.	Brodie, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Kerfoot, A.	Kase, O.
	Muzzin, J.	Liljegren, T.

Top Comments

Nov. 12, 2021 at 6:44 p.m.

thesaadfather

Joined: May 2015

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Rather have Strome. Even if he doesn’t figure it out, his contract is up after this season.

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Nov. 12, 2021 at 6:50 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Forgot to add torontos 1st and 3rd round pick to that strome trade.

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Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:05 p.m.

QualityTrades1

Joined: Oct. 2021

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Man this guy is obsessed with the thought that Ritchie will have value in a trade and that Lafreniere is even an option.

Both of these are not happening, please stop making posts about it

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Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.

TrueCanuck

Roster Architect

Joined: Mar. 2021

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

Forgot to add torontos 1st and 3rd round pick to that strome trade.

Not saying Ritchie is the guy to be moved for Strome, but you're HIGHLY overvaluing Strome if you think he gets anywhere near a 1st and a 3rd plus a player in return. He won't even get a 1st.

& don't claim that Ritchie is a negative value if that's going to be you're next point. Yea he's not that good but at a contract of only $2.5M for this year and next, that's not enough to be considered a negative value enough to have to have a 1st dealt with him to be moved.

Nov. 12, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.

csick

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Need to add to the bottom 6 and Get a top 4RD.

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