Leafs Still Not Built For The Playoffs

Created by: Agent_Of_R9

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 5, 2021

Published: Dec. 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

I have to say, as good as the Leafs are, they are going to have a tough time playing against teams that have good defensive structure or those who play really fast & physical. I feel the players are doing their best but the roster simply isn’t constructed in a way that allows them to wear down these heavy disciplined teams. TOR’s players rely on their skating ability and hockey sense to outthink opposing players during breakouts and on the cycle, but you won’t achieve anything if you can’t win a puck battle. That for me is biggest reason they haven’t been able to get to their game vs PIT & MIN. What’d y’all think?

Trades

TOR

Strome, Dylan ($1,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

*Strome is not a physical player but is a good playdriver. He will do well alongside forechecking wingers.

CHI

Gogolev, Pavel

TOR

Additional Details:

*Just a cap move for TOR to upgrade the roster

NYI

TOR

Reilly, Mike ($1,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

*Reilly seems to be a poor mans Brodie.

BOS

2022 2nd round pick (TOR)

TOR

Lafrenière, Alexis

Additional Details:

*Based On 2020 Blake Coleman trade

NYR

Robertson, Nicholas
Tverberg, Ryan [Reserve List]
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

TOR

Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas

Additional Details:

*He is a good forechecker, could help the Leafs

COL

Anderson, Joey

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	$81,238,116	$0	$3,250,000	$261,884

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 4
Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 3	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 4	Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,075,000$1,075,000 RW UFA - 1
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 2	Kase, Ondrej $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW UFA - 1
Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 2	Strome, Dylan $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW 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	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Reilly, Mike $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Simmonds, Wayne $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW NTC UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kase, O.		Tavares, J.		Matthews, A.
	Nylander, W.		Sandin, R.

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

Penalty Kill 1
	Kämpf, D.	Kase, O.
	Muzzin, J.	Brodie, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Kerfoot, A.	Aubé-Kubel, N.
	Rielly, M.	Reilly, M.

Top Comments

Dec. 5, 2021 at 9:47 a.m.

Agent_Of_R9

Marner Enthusiast

Joined: Apr. 2019

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What’d y’all think of my moves?

@palhal @mauricearthur15 @barilko14

Dec. 5, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

MauriceArthur15

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Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,241

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Quoting: Penguins_Legend_Sheary

What’d y’all think of my moves?

palhal mauricearthur15 barilko14

Imo kinda a waste getting a talent like Laf just to play him on the 4th line.

My take is the Leafs are built for the playoffs but need some extra pieces. Trading for a partner for Muzzin is a must this year at the TDL and if Mikheyev doesn’t work out on the 3rd line then a defensively responsible with some offensive upside 3rd line LW would definitely make this team a team to be feared.

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Dec. 5, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,654

Likes: 12,372

So they're not built for the playoffs but you did nothing here to build them into a playoff ready team.. Lol

Also Holl is probably a dman more built for playoff hockey then Reilly is.

Not sure the Islanders have the cap space for those two now or in the future, they seem like Lou type players though, Ritchie might not be doing much for the Leafs now but his value will be in the playoffs when the physical play ramps up.

Honestly the Leafs are fine, could maybe add a #4/5 dman preferably a rhd but that's about it.

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Dec. 5, 2021 at 10:11 a.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 59,545

Likes: 22,689

Don't know how these trades at all change the "playoff structure" of the Leafs. Gee, Leafs had three heavy players last year on the team, Thornton, Foligno and Bogosian, and we see how that went.
Leafs bottom enders are fine....don't how trading for other teams bottom enders make the Leafs better. And to you to trade the Leafs top players? No, not this season.

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Dec. 5, 2021 at 10:16 a.m.

bagelbob

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 3,623

Likes: 2,253

it truly would not be a sheary post without an absolutely ridiculous laf trade

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