Proving How Garland Fits In 23 24

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 11, 2023

Published: Jan. 11, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

This Armchair GM team is a continuation of my previous team, titled "Buying Low on Connor Garland". There is more relevant context to my reasoning of the trade in that team, which can be found here: https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/3855579

With the amount of Marlies still on their ELCs that are looking for a spot in the NHL, Garland can easily be fit into the Leafs lineup without having to worry about moving money out. We will be gaining a ton of capspace in the 24 25 season with all our of expiring contracts, making a Matthews extension (~13 mil) easy and a Nylander extension (~8.5 at most) not so bad. Dubas has done a pretty good job constructing our roster for the long term, and there is no doubt in my mind Garland can be acquired.

Kampf's contract can be constructed based on Sean Kuraly's contract, Timmin's can sign a Holl-like extension, Bunting get's a Nick Paul-like deal, Holmberg signs a bridge, and then we can sign some cheap UFA forwards like Bjugstad or Acciari (just to make @aadoyle happy)

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