What if Leafs could grab Oettinger

Created by: Ottawasean

Team: 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2022

Published: Jun. 1, 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

No, I don't know that Jake Oettinger is available. But Dallas is at a point that if Klingberg leaves they won't be competitive. A few aging players and repeatedly injured stars means maybe they are willing to rebuild. Nylander is a big price to pay but number one goalies are hard to come by.

Leafs are able to prioritize resigning FAs that were impactful while addressing part of the issues in goal.

Leafs pick up Patrick as Vegas sheds contracts and see is Tavares can get him scoring (if not, Kerfoot moves up to second line).

Third line strong but fourth is not.

No D replacements on some aging and injury prone guys.

How far off am I?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Engvall, Pierre	2	$2,000,000
Liljegren, Timothy	1	$1,500,000
Sandin, Rasmus	1	$2,000,000
Oettinger, Jake	4	$6,500,000
Lind, Kole	1	$750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Blackwell, Colin	2	$1,500,000
Lewis, Trevor	1	$750,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	3	$4,000,000

Trades

TOR

Bishop, Ben
Oettinger, Jake [RFA Rights]

DAL

TOR

Larsson, Adam
Lind, Kole [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Larsson for Sandin and a first, Holl for Kole. Holl fills the hole left by Larsson (albeit not as strong) while Sandin has potential to lead offensively on PP for Kraken.

SEA

Holl, Justin
Sandin, Rasmus
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

TOR

Patrick, Nolan

Additional Details:

Vegas gets another half million off their cap for a moderate prospect and a pick to replace what they traded away for Patrick

VGK

Robertson, Nicholas
2024 2nd round pick (TOR)

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
21	$82,500,000	$82,480,750	$212,500	$0	$19,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 3
Mikheyev, Ilya $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 3	Patrick, Nolan $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 1	Engvall, Pierre $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
		Lind, Kole $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1
Simmonds, Wayne $900,000$900,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Blackwell, Colin $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 2	Oettinger, Jake $6,500,000$6,500,000 G RFA - 3
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Larsson, Adam $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Källgren, Erik $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
	Liljegren, Timothy $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA - 2
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lewis, Trevor $750,000$750,000 RW, C UFA - 1		Bishop, Ben $4,916,667$4,916,667 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Clifford, Kyle $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 2
Steeves, Alex $834,167$834,167 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW RFA - 2
Kokkonen, Mikko $846,667$846,667 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA - 3
Hollowell, Mac $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 1, 2022 at 7:45 p.m.

EsoYeezus69

Jinx god

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Stars easily declines, Nylander is of no need and Oettinger is of HUGE need. It's an easy rejection, plus we're taking Mrazek as a cap dump, just makes it easier to say no.

Trading Otter resets the re-build by another 5 years or more.

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Jun. 1, 2022 at 7:46 p.m.

MP55

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So you’re saying if Klingberg leaves they’re screwed, so to fix that they trade away the only thing keeping them in that first round series against Calgary for a streaky one dimensional forward?

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Jun. 1, 2022 at 7:53 p.m.

CMcAvoy73

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