Shanny Got It Wrong And Should Be Gone Too

Created by: DougieGilmour

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 19, 2023

Published: May 19, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Position

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Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I have never been a Dubas fan. I wanted him fired after least season, so why am I mad today? Because for the first time he put together a team that won a playoff series, yet now we move on? And Shanny should be done for too. He has overseen failure. Whoever replaces him has to make a major move. You don’t lose your GM and keep this group together. I am of the belief that Matthews will leave as a UFA. The trade Mitch crowd are out of their minds because why would we want a team without Matthews and Marner next summer? Send Matthews out now and get a return.

This team has better goaltending in Hill and Woll. Bringing in Whitecloud gives us the kind of RHD we really don’t have now. We will score less without a doubt but if Auston walks for free as I suspect he will AND we get a Marner trade wrong, we will be a lottery team again.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Abruzzese, Nick	3	$875,000
Holmberg, Pontus	3	$925,000
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret	3	$1,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
O'Reilly, Ryan	4	$4,250,000
Schenn, Luke	2	$1,000,000
Hill, Adin	3	$3,000,000
Jonsson-Fjällby, Axel	2	$925,000

Trades

TOR

Kolesar, Keegan
Smith, Reilly
Whitecloud, Zach
2023 1st round pick (VGK)
2024 1st round pick (VGK)

VGK

Matthews, Auston ($3,000,000 retained)

TOR

Anderson-Dolan, Jaret [RFA Rights]
Petersen, Cal
2023 2nd round pick (LAK)
2025 3rd round pick (LAK)

LAK

Robertson, Nicholas
Samsonov, Ilya [RFA Rights]

Retained Salary Transactions

Auston Matthews: $3,000,000 (25.77%)

Buried

Matt Murray: $3,537,500 ($4,687,500)
Cal Petersen: $3,850,000 ($5,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$82,157,033	$0	$0	$1,342,967

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 2	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW NMC UFA - 2
Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	O'Reilly, Ryan $4,250,000$4,250,000 C UFA - 4	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW NMC UFA - 1
Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1	Kolesar, Keegan $1,400,000$1,400,000 RW UFA - 2
Jonsson-Fjällby, Axel $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Holmberg, Pontus $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Whitecloud, Zach $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 5	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 2
Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 1	Hill, Adin $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 2
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Schenn, Luke $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
McMann, Bobby $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 19, 2023 at 5:04 p.m.

draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

Joined: Nov. 2018

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Dubas' agent probably asked for Kyle to become the highest paid GM of all time.

Hence, Shanny said goodbye.

May 19, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.

VGKNation702

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 5,088

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I’m not giving that up without a contract in place where we aren’t paying him the most money in hockey…Hill is going to get more than that too

May 19, 2023 at 5:43 p.m.

Caniac2000

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 19,546

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Quoting: VGKNation702

I’m not giving that up without a contract in place where we aren’t paying him the most money in hockey…Hill is going to get more than that too

Brother, you're getting Auston Matthews in exchange for futures, a 2nd line winger, and a promise to let them borrow the cottage someday. You take this and run. Figure the contract out later

Edit: Didn't see Whitecloud, makes more sense

May 19, 2023 at 5:44 p.m.

GMBL

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 8,567

Likes: 3,319

Quoting: draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

Dubas' agent probably asked for Kyle to become the highest paid GM of all time.

Hence, Shanny said goodbye.

Nah, Shanahan said it wasn't about money. He said there was a framework for a deal in place and that Dubas was receptive and not to talk to the media until it is official. When Dubas had the press conference, Shanny realized that Dubas might not want to be the GM. So, to me it seems that he didn't want to wait around for Dubas and be left empty handed potentially.

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May 19, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

GMBL

Joined: May 2022

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I think the new GM might send out both Matthews and Nylander, and that this franchise might be in for a mini-rebuild.

I wonder why they purged the entire Marlies coaching staff.

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