Leafs Look Ahead 25-26 IV

Created by: Hockey_Hippy

Team: 2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 8, 2024

Published: Jan. 8, 2024

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

The kids get the first shot, but Gregor and Lagesson remain should they stumble, plus you have 2 mil in cap room. Draistaitl more than replaces the production of a 35 year old Tavares in the middle allowing him to slide to the left. Rasmus Anderson is a UFA the following year and the Leafs will have the wherewithal to sign him if needed.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Benoit, Simon	1	$1,000,000
Hildeby, Dennis	2	$1,200,000
Hirvonen, Roni	2	$900,000
Holmberg, Pontus	2	$1,000,000
Knies, Matthew	2	$2,200,000
Kokkonen, Mikko	2	$900,000
Liljegren, Timothy	1	$3,500,000
Niemelä, Topi	2	$900,000
Ovchinnikov, Dmitry	1	$900,000
Robertson, Nicholas	1	$1,000,000
Steeves, Alex	1	$900,000
Timmins, Conor	2	$1,500,000
Villeneuve, William	2	$900,000
Woll, Joseph	2	$2,400,000
Gregor, Noah	1	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lagesson, William	1	$1,000,000
Marner, Mitchell	6	$12,500,000
McCabe, Jake	3	$5,000,000
Tavares, John	3	$3,000,000
Draisaitl, Leon	6	$11,500,000
Domi, Max	2	$4,000,000

Trades

TOR

2025 3rd round pick (PIT)
2026 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Dubas is familiar with both of these prospects and knows what they bring to the table. They'll both play for Pittsburgh. The 1st would be Top 5 protected and rolled over into 2027 if too high.

PIT

Additional Details:

The Leafs are in their window of contention now and they have the cap space to strengthen their lineup which makes breaking in a young defenseman an iffy proposition. The better bet is to re-load the pipeline. With Tavares sliding to the left, there is one less vacancy on that side. Robertson is the odd man out.

TOR

2026 3rd round pick (WSH)

Additional Details:

This is a placeholder trade. If not the Caps then another team.

Solid veteran penalty killer/defensive presence to shield the youth on a re-building team, plus youth to help with said re-build is worth a delayed 3rd.

(I expect the Caps will go full re-build after Ovie breaks the record and retires)

WSH

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
22	$92,000,000	$89,797,500	$0	$0	$2,202,500

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, RW RFA	Matthews, Auston $13,250,000$13,250,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $12,500,000$12,500,000 RW UFA
Tavares, John $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA	Draisaitl, Leon $11,500,000$11,500,000 C, LW UFA	Nylander, William $11,500,000$11,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Holmberg, Pontus $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW RFA	Domi, Max $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA	Steeves, Alex $900,000$900,000 LW, RW RFA
Minten, Fraser $845,833$845,833 C, LW RFA - 1	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Tverberg, Ryan $851,667$851,667 RW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Liljegren, Timothy $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD RFA	Hildeby, Dennis $1,200,000$1,200,000 G RFA
McCabe, Jake $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA	Timmins, Conor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA	Woll, Joseph $2,400,000$2,400,000 G RFA
Benoit, Simon $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Villeneuve, William $900,000$900,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lagesson, William $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA	Reaves, Ryan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 1
Gregor, Noah $800,000$800,000 LW, RW RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Draisaitl, L.		Matthews, A.		Marner, M.
	Rielly, M.		Nylander, W.

Power Play 2
Knies, M.		Tavares, J.		Steeves, A.
	Domi, M.		Timmins, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Holmberg, P.	Järnkrok, C.
	Benoit, S.	Liljegren, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Minten, F.	Matthews, A.
	Rielly, M.	McCabe, J.

Top Comments

Jan. 8 at 6:34 p.m.

boltsfan71

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just never happens

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Jan. 8 at 9:17 p.m.

Victor24

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Why would Draisaitl take that? You're asking him to take a pay cut but not Marner?

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Jan. 8 at 10:59 p.m.

Pensfan303

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Ya no lmao

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Jan. 8 at 11:13 p.m.

Hockey_Hippy

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 353

Likes: 32

Quoting: Victor24

Why would Draisaitl take that? You're asking him to take a pay cut but not Marner?

3 mil raise is not a pay cut. Further, there is 2 mil in wiggle room under the cap if there needs to be a little more added.

Jan. 9 at 12:03 a.m.

Victor24

Joined: Mar. 2023

Posts: 2,813

Likes: 956

Quoting: Hockey_Hippy

3 mil raise is not a pay cut. Further, there is 2 mil in wiggle room under the cap if there needs to be a little more added.

Based on his stats and age, Draisaitl probably wants 13MM per. More than Marner, less than Matthews.

Also, I know Tavares is a Tor guy, but he is still a PPG player, why would he sign that deal? He could probably get double that on the open market.

So giving Tavares 2MM more per and Draisaitl 1.5MM more, you're over by 1.3MM with 6 rookie contacts.

Also, why is Knies taking that contract? If he is playing top line minutes with Matthews, he is going to be a multiple year 20 goal scorer. He would want at least 3MM per with the cap going up so much.

To me, all of your UFAs (minus Marner) are underpaid.

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