Klingberg for a Cup Run

Created by: Ledge_And_Dairy

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 13, 2022

Published: Jan. 13, 2022

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

Toronto should accrue enough cap space over the remainder of the season to negate the -19.8K I am over here

IMO this is a trade that would really benefit the Leafs going into the playoffs. Klingberg is a known playoff performer and would really round out their top 4. Raffl is a strong defensive winger at 5v5 and is an overall upgrade of Simmonds. This trade will also help alleviate some of Toronto's cap issues for next season as Liljegren will replace Holl.

Next season they buy out Ritchie (300k cap hit) and move Mrazek. This should allow them to resign Campbell as well as their RFA's

Trades

TOR

Klingberg, John ($2,125,000 retained)
Raffl, Michael

DAL

Holl, Justin
Robertson, Nicholas
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$81,519,783	$0	$0	-$19,783

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 4
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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 3
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kase, Ondrej $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 2	Raffl, Michael $1,100,000$1,100,000 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	Klingberg, John $2,125,000$2,125,000 RD UFA - 1	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000$3,800,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
	Dermott, Travis $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Simmonds, Wayne $900,000$900,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Ritchie, Nick $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($1,375,000$1M$1,375,000$1M) LW UFA - 2
Clifford, Kyle $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Hutchinson, Michael $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Biega, Alex $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:36 p.m.

Byrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Klingberg is an awful fit for the Leafs. They need a defensive defenseman, the guy who's PKing. Klingberg is the exact opposite. He's the one you want starting in the offensive zone and on the 1st PP unit. Paying this kind of price for a defenseman who's going to fit their needs about as much as Tyson Barrie is just silly.

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Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:39 p.m.

TooMalevolent

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 1,574

Likes: 455

Lol dreadful

Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 59,901

Likes: 22,900

Leafs # 3 in PP, don't need Klingberg. And as Byrr suggested above, Klingberg is no better than average at even strength. Holl at 2m is not problem with his cap hit next year. Wishful thinking that Mrazrek can be traded away (cheaply)

Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:43 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 38,632

Likes: 19,735

Quoting: Byrr

Klingberg is a puck moving defenseman, and is definitely an upgrade over Holl who has been awful this year. He is not excellent defensively but not Barrie levels bad. He is more like a right handed Morgan Rielly. You probably aren't going to find any top 4 shutdown RD on the market this year.

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Jan. 13, 2022 at 6:51 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 59,901

Likes: 22,900

Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

I find it interesting that so many think Holl is awful. I'll admit he hasn't as good this year this but neither has his partner Muzzin. Holl plays 20 minutes a night against top lines and kills PK. Certainly Klingberg doesn't do that and somehow Klingberg is a minus player. Raffil I doubt has been better than Simmons. Would the Leafs give up so much for Klingberg?

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