Leafs get Seth Jones, leave Nylander in rearview mirror

Created by: tatatavares

Team: 2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 15, 2018

Published: Sep. 15, 2018

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

if you hate this roster, blame Babs

but also, thank me
this is a team that can win at least 4 playoff games in one year

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nylander, William		8	$6,800,000

Trades

TOR

Jones, Seth

CBJ

Gardiner, Jake
Nylander, William
2019 1st round pick (TOR)

TOR

Johns, Stephen
2019 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Zaitsev, Nikita

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2019
2020
2021

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$79,500,000	$61,850,833	$2,550,000	$4,632,500	$17,649,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marleau, Patrick $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 7	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 1	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
Leivo, Josh $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 1
Johnsson, Andreas $787,500$787,500 LW, RW UFA - 1	Lindholm, Pär $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, C UFA - 1	Grundström, Carl $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
	Ennis, Tyler $650,000$650,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bracco, Jeremy $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 2	Johns, Stephen $2,350,000$2,350,000 RD UFA - 3	Sparks, Garret $675,000$675,000 G UFA - 1
Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
	Carrick, Connor $1,300,000$1,300,000 RD UFA - 1
	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2

Top Comments

Sep. 15, 2018 at 12:51 a.m.

The_Ultimate_Pielord

I put math in hockey

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 624

Likes: 167

Credit where credit is due: Jones is an RD worth trading Nylander and Gardiner for.

Usage quibbles:
2nd line should be playing ahead of the top line. Matthews remains the leafs best player and having Marner on his wing only adds to that.
Johnsson was way more productive than Kapanen last year. (1.27 to 0.81 5v5 P1/60, 1.11 to 0.73 5v5 ixGF/60) He should definitely start the year at 3RW.

I don't get the Johns addition. Unproductive, negative relative Corsi and xG. Zaitsev for Pysyk would clear a comparable amount of cap and get a much better player. After what we've seen from Tallon, he'd 100% do it.

I don't like the trade from CBJ's perspective. Gards isn't much of an add for a rebuilder, and Jones is more of a cornerstone than Nylander. If the Jackets are contending, they still run into the issue of not wanting to deal their cornerstone D, especially with Breadman leaving. Screws their LD/RD balance up too, forcing them to put Savard on the top pair. Not great.