What I would do

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 20, 2023

Published: Jun. 20, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Murray: I'm not sure on his status, but he gets bought out if he can't be on LTIR. If he can go on LTIR, then they can run a 22 man roster; promote whoever. I wouldn't bother to give up assets to trade given his fair buyout price.

WPG trade: They can choose the 2023 or 2024 1st. Perhaps TOR needs to add one of their 3rd rounders if necessary.

Top 6: get the young guys in there and see what they could do. If they falter, then feel free to dip into the 3rd line. But, TOR was playing very well with a more balanced lineup, so I'm leaning on that to start the year.

3rd line: Bunting and O'Reilly should cost between 3.5mil-4.5mil each. I went in the middle. Term can be plus or minus a few, whatever they would prefer.

4th line: LW is ZAR or Lucic or whoever at around that price. C is Kampf or Accari at around 1.5mil.

D: Rielly and Schenn are the first pair, I don't see it changing. Schenn can be between 3.5mil-4.5mil; I'm sure a bidding war will commence on the open market that will drive his price up a little. I can see BUF throwing a lot of money at him. He's really developed his game nicely the last few years and is a perfect D man to put with an offensive guy. Otherwise, I see Liligren, Timmons, and Gio moving in and out of the lineup. I'd like to see Brodie on the left side, but it's up to him how it goes.

G: Self-explanatory. It'd be nice for the franchise to finally get a rock back there. TOR may need to lose one of the "Big 4" to re-sign Helleboy, but it'd probably be worth it depending how the year goes.