How I would get out of cap hell

Created by: RoyBoy

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 23, 2023

Published: Jul. 23, 2023

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

This isn’t really realistic, I’m not a Leafs fan

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Motte, Tyler	1	$775,000
Bailey, Josh	1	$775,000
Dumba, Matt	1	$3,000,000

Trades

TOR

Olofsson, Victor ($2,375,000 retained)
Quinn, Jack
2024 3rd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Nylander, William

Additional Details:

Comes with a Nylander extension in BUF

TOR

Driedger, Chris
2024 3rd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Seattle takes on a bit of extra cap, but gets a good PP forward for cheap (this is assuming they don’t land Tarasenko in free agency)

SEA

Murray, Matt
Olofsson, Victor ($1,187,500 retained)

Additional Details:

Toronto takes on Driedger, who is a cheaper buried cap hit than Murray

TOR

Bolduc, Zachary
2024 2nd round pick (TOR)

STL

Järnkrok, Calle
Liljegren, Timothy
2024 5th round pick (TOR)

Retained Salary Transactions

Victor Olofsson: $1,187,500 (25%)

Buried

Chris Driedger: $2,350,000 ($3,500,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$83,260,750	$0	$850,000	$239,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C NMC UFA - 1	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW NMC UFA - 2
Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 2	Quinn, Jack $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Domi, Max $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $2,400,000$2,400,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Bailey, Josh $775,000$775,000 RW, LW, C UFA
Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1	Holmberg, Pontus $800,000$800,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Reaves, Ryan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Samsonov, Ilya $3,550,000$3,550,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Klingberg, John $4,150,000$4,150,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 2
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Timmins, Conor $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD RFA - 2		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Motte, Tyler $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Gambrell, Dylan $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1