How I fix the Leafs

Created by: yikes

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 31, 2023

Published: Dec. 31, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Right Handed

Position

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Max Perf. Bonus

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tanev Extension, Chris		3	$3,700,000

Trades

TOR

2026 7th round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

The Habs have zero interest in taking back Samsonov IMO - but a team who would could be SJS if they flip Kaapo/ Blackwood.

Here I’m going to assume SJS HAS made a move, and the leafs make a three way deal (Get Allen, Dump Samsonov).

The Sharks are compensated.

SJS

Samsonov, Ilya
2024 3rd round pick (NYI)

TOR

Calgary refuses to retain.
Thus, we’re going to get complicated…

CGY

TOR

Tanev, Christopher

CGY

2026 1st round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Tanev for a protected first.

CGY reports Tanev verbally (in the offseason) said he’s fine with one year contracts or short term deals. Suter (a good comparison) is signed on a 3x3.65.

I’m going to give Tanev the same. He’s comes at TDL @50% aav (2.25m)

TOR

Tanev is retained by ANA for compensation since CGY won’t retain.

I’ve also chosen to create his ext. to display what it would look like with the Leafs current financials.

ANA

Tanev, Christopher

TOR

Compensation

ANA

2024 7th round pick (OTT)
2026 5th round pick (TOR)

TOR

Toronto is not actually over the cap

ANA

TOR

Allen, Jake ($1,925,000 retained)
2024 4th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

As mentioned in the first trade, the Leafs deal with the Habs.

The deal of moving a first for Allen is hard to see, hopefully you can read - and see this.
I think the Habs bite at a first though, but the Leafs require a pick coming back or another player.

To keep it super simply, I’m sending a pick back.

MTL

2024 1st round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Allen is:
- A elite leader according to insiders and scouts, he’s arguably the best locker room goalie in the league in terms of teaching and leading/ vocals according to people who work in the league (ex: Marek, EF, Habs coverage).

-A capable starter, a bonafide 1B/ backup.
If Woll is the goalie of the future, this is just as much as an investment in Woll as it is for winning a cup.

-Other goalies don’t bring the intangibles that Allen does which is why the first is offered, plus you’re getting 50% retention.

TOR

I believe this financially:

Fixes the Leafs - they can afford to resign Willy due to the fact they’ve upgrade their goaltending and upgrading their defence. They’ve saved money in net to pay for their defence which in turns allow them to pay Willy.

They’re in a win now without losing any prospects.
Prospects are more valuable to the Leafs then picks; they’re in a win now era, not for much many more years but still for some years.

Cowan and Minten COULD make the team in 1-2 years. NRob will be required on their 2nd line next year (for the love of god let Bertuzzi go and pay for a good 3rd liner), and Topi soon could make other RD expendable like Lili if he can’t keep growing/ Brodie if he chooses to not sign for cheap.

Allen helps Woll on and off the ice. He’ll help by taking weight off his shoulders but also in his growth and learning.

Allen and Tanev are guys that bring the rest of the team up and they battle.

MTL

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
24	$83,500,000	$82,031,450	$0	$0	$1,468,550

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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW NMC UFA - 1
Robertson, Nicholas $796,667$796,667 LW, RW RFA - 1	Domi, Max $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Gregor, Noah $775,000$775,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Kämpf, David $2,400,000$2,400,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	McMann, Bobby $762,500$762,500 RW, 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	Allen, Jake $0$0 G M-NTC UFA - 2
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Tanev Extension, Chris $3,700,000$3,700,000	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 2
Lagesson, William $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 1	Jones, Martin $875,000$875,000 G UFA - 1
	Timmins, Conor $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
		Murray, Matt $4,687,500$4,687,500 G M-NTC UFA - 1
		Klingberg, John $4,150,000$4,150,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
		Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.

JaredOfLondon

Joined: May 2019

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yikes indeed, Jake allen is a bad back up with a bad cap hit and another year. He's a cap dump and not worth anything close to a 1st

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:32 p.m.

yikes

EklundCelebriniSmith

Joined: Sep. 2019

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

yikes indeed, Jake allen is a bad back up with a bad cap hit and another year. He's a cap dump and not worth anything close to a 1st

Can you explain to me how Allen is a cap dump?

Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.

JaredOfLondon

Joined: May 2019

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Quoting: yikes

Can you explain to me how Allen is a cap dump?

because he sucks and makes almost 3 million dollars a year for this season and the next? Bad goalies on bad contracts are cap dumps

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.

yikes

EklundCelebriniSmith

Joined: Sep. 2019

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

because he sucks and makes almost 3 million dollars a year for this season and the next? Bad goalies on bad contracts are cap dumps

Ah so a goalie who’s in the upper end of WAR, goals saved above expected - on a tanking/ lottery team is bad? He’s also got above the league average SV%, guess he’s sucks. His GAA is also fine. Still sucks tho!

He’s also got the exact same goals against as Woll.
But he’s on a tanking team…

And he’s coming to the Leafs under 2m…

Lol I guess Martin Jones and Woll must suck too based off your logic (because Allen has very similar statistics!!!)

Leafs must need to dump Jones and Woll too I guess, late picks they’ll receive tho cause they’re “bad goalies” - you said it not me!

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:40 p.m.

JaredOfLondon

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 19,711

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Quoting: yikes

yes, Martin Jones sucks a lot, he's terrible. So is Allen and Woll is a rookie who has played significantly better than both

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