Y2J1399
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It doesn't matter what the price of the offer sheet is, the Leafs will have to move players before they can offer anything to Matthews. While yes, $12 mil doesn't seem as high as it can be, it's still enough to price the Leafs out of Matthews. The only other thing they could do is firesale whoever they can once he signs an offer sheet in an attempt to match. That means they'll be heavily taken advantage of. It's definitely something to look at.
Colorado definitely can use a defenseman like Leddy and would be able to take on Clutterbuck's years and salary with no problem. They would probably even be able to find him useful in their bottom 6. They have a lot of cap space left with not many key players to extend any time soon. Honestly, I'd expect them to be in the Karlsson sweepstakes which could put a damper on my thoughts here.
Nashville will have to move some pieces to create space for guys like Josi coming up. Aho is still under his ELC and is becoming a good, puck-moving defenseman. Hickey is a steady 2-way defenseman with good control and a very cheap cap hit that the Preds could definitely use in their defense. Rinne would be moved for Saros to officially take over plus they'd be getting Soderstrom, who is a very good European Goalie Prospect. There's enough value there for them to take on the likes of Ladd, who if he produces in the bottom 6, isn't terrible.
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