Current Depth Chart - Pre Free Agency - My Plan

Created by: mja

Team: 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 17, 2017

Published: May 17, 2017

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

Pretty clear leafs will be targeting a C or two in addition to the blue line help that everyone is focused on. I like Boyle (3X3mil), or even Dominic Moore on a 2 yr deal as a plan B.

-I love Kapanen, but he's a significant trade chip b/c he's NHL ready, and he doesn't need expansion protection.

-I thnk we'll ride Bozak out to UFA, and leave Nylander on the wing until at least that point.

-I'd set aside $2 million for a quality back-up on a 2-3 year deal. Let him start 15-20 games.

Basically the core stays on, let's see what they can add.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Brown, Connor	2	$2,000,000
Hyman, Zach	3	$1,750,000
Leipsic, Brendan	2	$900,000

Buyouts

Tim Gleason: $1,333,333
Jared Cowen: $750,000
Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Eric Fehr: $975,000 ($2,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
30	$76,000,000	$67,091,109	$5,370,000	$7,337,500	$8,908,891

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
van Riemsdyk, James $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Nylander, William $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
Komarov, Leo $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 2
Hyman, Zach $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Bozak, Tyler $4,200,000$4,200,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Brown, Connor $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3		Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 2
Leivo, Josh $612,500$612,500 RW, LW UFA - 1		Soshnikov, Nikita $736,666$736,666 ($125,000$125K) RW UFA - 1
Leipsic, Brendan $900,000$900,000 LW UFA - 2		Bracco, Jeremy $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW UFA - 3
Rychel, Kerby $863,333$863,333 ($350,000$350K) LW UFA - 1
Grundström, Carl $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 3
Johnsson, Andreas $750,833$750,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Timashov, Dmytro $694,444$694,444 ($190,000$190K) LW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 5	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 7	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 2
Marincin, Martin $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 3	Carrick, Connor $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Borgman, Andreas $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2	Rosén, Calle $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2
Nielsen, Andrew $697,500$697,500 ($257,500$258K) LD UFA - 3	Marchenko, Alexey $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Lupul, Joffrey $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3

Top Comments

May 17, 2017 at 10:17 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

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Edited May 17, 2017 at 10:46 p.m.

I know he played 4th lines minute but Boyle had 3 assists in 21 Leaf games. Hardly worth of 3 X 3. But Leafs fans seem to don't seem to want their UFAs to leave despite better value elsewhere. The much maligned Fehr had 6 goals and 11 points in 54 game as spare part but he is banished to the Marlies?

May 17, 2017 at 11:04 p.m.

MG1986

#LeafsFever

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It's already been confirmed that Nylander will play the wing for at least one more season, per Babcock. As for the centre position, a contract of 3 years at $3 million AAV for Boyle is overpayment both on money and term. Look for the Leafs to sign someone like Vernon Fiddler or trade for Adam Lowry.

May 18, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

mja

bobrouse

Joined: Jul. 2016

Posts: 81

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Quoting: palhal

Quoting: MG1986

I agree with both of you that a $3mil cap hit is an overpayment, but Boyle fit nicely and the cap hit will really only be an issue in year 3 - when we have to start paying out Matthews, Marner etc.

Either way C-depth is being addressed this summer, either through trade or free agency. I don't object to overpaying a guy like Boyle. I like what he brings, and you'd imagine Babcock is speaking up for him. Honestly not even sure he wants to stay here. I could fully picture him happy to return to TB.

As for Fehr, after last year he's a long-shot to crack the line-up. I'd be happy to be wrong there.

May 18, 2017 at 1:04 a.m.

mja

bobrouse

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Really there are two ways of looking at it. In one way our C-slot is in good shape with Kadri + Matthews locked in, but beyond that we have Bozak for 1 more year and nothing in the cupboard.

May 18, 2017 at 1:26 a.m.

MG1986

#LeafsFever

Joined: May 2017

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Quoting: mja

Really there are two ways of looking at it. In one way our C-slot is in good shape with Kadri + Matthews locked in, but beyond that we have Bozak for 1 more year and nothing in the cupboard.

Look for a deal that will address our center position, whether that means taking on a contract like Jordan Staal to help acquire one of the Canes young D (and I like what Staal brings as our #2/3 centre), or Charlie Coyle as part of a deal to acquire one of the Wild's young D. Out in far left field, the Leafs could try and address their future #2/3 center issue by trading with Calgary that would bring over Mark Jankowski, but I don't see the Flames wanting to part with him unless it was for one of our premiere young players in return, which would not happen.

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