Leafs 2018-19 (RHD Trade w WPG)

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Created by: Matthews34

Team: 2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 5, 2018

Published: May 5, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Thoughts:

I'm not a huge fan of the construction of the top line, but the 2nd and 3rd lines look so good that I can live with it. Marleau/Kadri/Marner found some great chemistry second half, so you let them continue it. Kapanen/Nylander played together in the AHL, and I could see solid chemistry developing there. You use that third line in a more sheltered offensive zone start role like the Bozak line last year while Nylander develops his game at center. Riley Nash would be an excellent add for the 4th line if he is willing to play here in more limited minutes. Could move up in the lineup whenever needed. It may be unlikely he does that though. So add generic 4th line center here if you want.. Lol.

The Myers trade I believe works for both teams. This is under the assumption Trouba does sign long term with them, making Myers expendable. I think he would be a good fit with Rielly and he knocks Hainsey/Zaitsev to their rightful places. Everything seems to fall in place now.

Overall I think this team is better than last year without spending a lot of money. Still lots of room to account for bonuses and for the Matthews/Marner deals next year. Tell me what you think below :)

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnsson, Andreas	2	$1,250,000
Nylander, William	4	$5,000,000
Aaltonen, Miro	2	$900,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nash, Riley		3	$2,750,000

Trades

TOR

Myers, Tyler

WPG

Rosén, Calle
2019 1st round pick (TOR)
2020 3rd round pick (TOR)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$78,000,000	$65,470,833	$2,550,000	$4,550,000	$12,529,167

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	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
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	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
Johnsson, Andreas $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Nylander, William $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW UFA - 6	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 1
Leivo, Josh $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Grundström, Carl $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Nash, Riley $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 3
	Aaltonen, Miro $900,000$900,000 C, LW, RW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Myers, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 1	Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	McElhinney, Curtis $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 2	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 6
Borgman, Andreas $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1

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

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Matthews, A.		Kadri, N.		Johnsson, A.
	Rielly, M.		Marner, M.

Power Play 2
Kapanen, K.		Marleau, P.		Nylander, W.
	Gardiner, J.		Myers, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nash, R.	Brown, C.
	Hainsey, R.	Zaitsev, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Hyman, Z.	Kapanen, K.
	Rielly, M.	Myers, T.

May 5, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.

palhal

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Edited May 5, 2018 at 3:56 p.m.

The Nylander deal. Either bridge short term, like 2 years or sign him well past his UFA eligibility but not 4 years which takes him into his UFA year.
I guess the the debate is whether one year of Myers is worth a first rounder.
Grundstrom, well he's a LWer and shouldn't be buried on the fourth line. He's kinda the grinder type with good hands. How's this
Grundstrom/Matthew/Marner. Johnson/Nylander/Hyman. Marleau/Kadri/Kapanen. Leivo/Aaltonen/Brown. Could be another centre and you suggested Riley.

May 5, 2018 at 4:03 p.m.

Matthews34

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Quoting: palhal

All fair points. We'll have to get a better look at Grundstrom before throwing him to the top line. Don't know how confident I am in that. I personally just really like the idea of Nylander/Kapanen. I believe they'd work well together and they've done it in the past.

May 5, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

palhal

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Quoting: Matthews34

The reason I put Grundtrom on the top. He is a pro of the SHL and AHL. Maybe he can do the Hyman job on that line. And he is playing with two veterans....Matthews and Marner. Hyman become the digger with speedster Nylander and Johnson. That was my thought. But when the players are playing well they are kinda interchangeable.

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