Big 2nd line center move

Created by: LGuy54

Team: 2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 6, 2024

Published: Mar. 9, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Benoit, Simon	2	$1,500,000
Liljegren, Timothy	4	$3,750,000
Dewar, Connor	1	$875,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bertuzzi, Tyler	4	$5,250,000
Domi, Max	4	$3,750,000
Pesce, Brett	7	$6,250,000
Stecher, Troy	2	$1,275,000
Kulikov, Dmitry	1	$950,000
Brossoit, Laurent	2	$2,100,000
Perron, David	2	$2,750,000

Trades

TOR

Cozens, Dylan

Additional Details:

I wonder about Cozens being a good fit for us at 2C long-term

25 year old Brayden Schenn was traded to STL by PHI at the 2017 draft for two 1sts and Jorri Lehtera (cap dump, 4.7M x 2y)

Schenn had 55 points in 79 games with Philadelphia that year

23 year old Cozens is on pace to finish with 51 points in 79 games

So it's essentially the same deal except for the cap dump

BUF has a bunch of young centers with high potential coming up (Savoie, Kulich, Ostlund, Krebs), so maybe they'd be willing to part with Cozens for a good deal? Lmk in the comments if y'all think its enough

BUF

Kämpf, David
2024 1st round pick (TOR)
2026 1st round pick (TOR)

TOR

Roos, Filip [RFA Rights]

CHI

Tavares, John

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,700,000	$87,580,500	$0	$0	$119,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $13,250,000$13,250,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Perron, David $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW UFA
Cowan, Easton $935,833$935,833 LW, C RFA - 2	Cozens, Dylan $7,100,000$7,100,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW NMC UFA - 1
Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA	Domi, Max $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, RW UFA	Nylander, William $11,500,000$11,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 8
Dewar, Connor $875,000$875,000 LW, C RFA	Holmberg, Pontus $800,000$800,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 6	Pesce, Brett $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD UFA	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $3,750,000$3,750,000 RD RFA	Brossoit, Laurent $2,100,000$2,100,000 G UFA
Benoit, Simon $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 3	Stecher, Troy $1,275,000$1,275,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Reaves, Ryan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 2
Kulikov, Dmitry $950,000$950,000 LD/RD UFA

Top Comments

Mar. 9 at 4:03 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Buffalo obviously declines

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Mar. 9 at 4:04 p.m.

Lsendel3

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Not happening

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Mar. 9 at 4:10 p.m.

Stadel

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Id give clifton for kampf lmao and id have to think about that.

I suppose maybe i understand your logic, but Savoie and Kulich are going to be wingers in the NHL. And Ostlund is 2 or 3 years away. Can't trade both casey and cozens in the same year and not replace them with someone better.

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Mar. 9 at 4:12 p.m.

AntiAnalytics

Joined: Jul. 2023

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Sabres LAUGH & hang up

We just traded Mittelstadt, so Cozens (who’s locked up long term) isn’t going anywhere

And your offer for him blows too, lol
Wouldn’t have done that for Mitts either
Maybe that gets you Krebs?

But seriously, Cozens is basically untouchable with the Mittelstadt trade

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Mar. 9 at 4:14 p.m.

wojme