Zaitsev Upgrade in 2018-19 (because everyone is trading him today)

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Created by: TML_GM

Team: 2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 28, 2018

Published: Feb. 28, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Forgot to up the cap, so add another 3-5 million in cap space.

Minnesota might want more, but without flipping Gardiner for someone more defensive-minded on the backend, it looked dicey. Minnesota might want more offense from the backend and hometown boy Gardiner would likely sign long term.

Carolina is getting long term, cost-effective stability on their backend. They already have players signed long-term that have surpassed Faulk and they likely can't afford him long term. They also get a decent prospect, some late picks and a possible long-term starting goalie solution, because Darling is hot garbage.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gauthier, Frédérik	2	$725,000
Johnsson, Andreas	2	$725,000
Aaltonen, Miro	2	$925,000
Nylander, William	8	$7,000,000
Pickard, Calvin	3	$1,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Carlson, John	7	$6,500,000
Nash, Riley	2	$1,500,000
Komarov, Leo	1	$2,500,000
., Bonus Overage	1	$4,500,000
Nash, Rick	2	$4,000,000

Trades

TOR

Faulk, Justin

CAR

Additional Details:

Conditional 1st - Stays a first if Faulk re-signs in Toronto, otherwise a second. 1st is top-5 protected. If it is a top 5, Leafs can choose to keep or defer to an unprotected in 2021.

TOR

2019 6th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

After July 1st, ARZ don't have to pay bonus. High cap hit, low real salary for 2 years. Perfect for a floor team.

ARI

Martin, Matt

TOR

Brodin, Jonas

MIN

Gardiner, Jake
2019 4th round pick (STL)
2019 6th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

RFA Rights to Connor Carrick
*Minnesota gets to negotiate an extension with Gardiner prior to the trade.

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Nathan Horton: $4,275,000 ($5,300,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$75,000,000	$78,287,500	$2,550,000	$4,550,000	-$3,287,500

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
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
Marleau, Patrick $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 2	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Nash, Rick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA	Nylander, William $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 6	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 1
Leivo, Josh $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Nash, Riley $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Komarov, Leo $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 4
Johnsson, Andreas $725,000$725,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Gauthier, Frédérik $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Carlson, John $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD UFA - 3	Faulk, Justin $4,150,000$4,150,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 2	Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Pickard, Calvin $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Borgman, Andreas $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1		., Bonus Overage $4,500,000$4,500,000

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Nash, R.		Matthews, A.		Nylander, W.
	Marner, M.		Carlson, J.

Power Play 2
Leivo, J.		Kadri, N.		Kapanen, K.
	Marleau, P.		Rielly, M.

Penalty Kill 1
	Komarov, L.	Hyman, Z.
	Brodin, J.	Hainsey, R.

Penalty Kill 2
	Nash, R.	Brown, C.
	Rielly, M.	Faulk, J.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 2:24 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

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If the Leafs want to have no performance bonus carry in 2019/18, the 4m PF from 2018/19 and Horton's 5.25 on the opening day roster, so really there isn't as much cap you think.
You say Faulk has been surpassed by other Canes Dmen, then is he such as bargain for the Leafs?

Feb. 28, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.

DJSums17

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 2,406

Likes: 319

Leafs don't need either Nash... maybe Riley... Hortons contract has to be on the books like Pal said, Carlson will want more, where's Aaltonen?

As for the trades, I wouldn't even do Faulk for Zaitsev straight up... its addressing a weakness to take care of a weekness... Gardiner for Faulk straight up might be a thing to look into. We can throw in a forward prospect for a pick if they want. Definitely not trading all that for 1/2 years of Faulk...

Good ideas I guess but bad value.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 3:34 p.m.

D_Town54

Thews

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 5

Likes: 0

"ZAT-SIFF IS NOT A DEFENCEMAN" - Wise words of Don Cherry
Get em out. Love the trade

Feb. 28, 2018 at 6:43 p.m.

leaflet

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 938

Likes: 253

One RHD and the team would be improved a lot for next year. I like the Zaitsev-Faulk idea, though giving a first round pick on top is a little too much. I would offer Vancouver Zaitsev for Tanev, too.

You can save cap by avoiding Nash and not resigning Komarov. Leivo, Johnsson (and possibly Grundstrom) should be integrated in the lineup.

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