Building from the Centre

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Created by: leaflet

Team: 2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 9, 2018

Published: Jun. 9, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

My plan looking forward is to build a strong centre. Three talented Cs, one of them who excels defensively. I think Nylander has the potential to play centre. I surround him with veterans for next year, and acquire Staal from the Canes in a blockbuster deal for Kadri. The Leafs finally have a reliable centre and third line for defensive duties.

I put the Marlies top line as the Leafs fourth line for next year, and let the kids grow.

There should be between 16 and 20M the year after, which will be short but feasible, probably by departing with one player.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nylander, William	8	$6,500,000
Johnsson, Andreas	2	$975,000
Aaltonen, Miro	2	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Neal, James		4	$6,000,000

Trades

TOR

Demers, Jason

ARI

Leivo, Josh
2019 2nd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Connor Carrick, RFA

TOR

CAR

Kadri, Nazem
Liljegren, Timothy
Martin, Matt
2019 4th round pick (STL)

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
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$80,000,000	$71,508,333	$2,550,000	$4,550,000	$8,491,667

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 1	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	Nylander, William $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA - 6	Neal, James $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Staal, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Johnsson, Andreas $975,000$975,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Aaltonen, Miro $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW, RW RFA	Grundström, Carl $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Lindholm, Pär $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Pesce, Brett $4,025,000$4,025,000 RD UFA - 6	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 1	Demers, Jason $3,937,500$3,937,500 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	McElhinney, Curtis $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 1
Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 6
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/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

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Neal, J.		Matthews, A.		Kapanen, K.
	Rielly, M.		Marner, M.

Power Play 2
Grundström, C.		Staal, J.		Marleau, P.
	Gardiner, J.		Nylander, W.

Penalty Kill 1
	Staal, J.	Brown, C.
	Rielly, M.	Pesce, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Hyman, Z.	Kapanen, K.
	Hainsey, R.	Zaitsev, N.

Jun. 9, 2018 at 2:02 a.m.

yushan

Malsby

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 140

Likes: 14

Staal isn't that much of an upgrade, and leafs fans are giving up on Liljegren early ehh?

Jun. 9, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.

Philvr

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 539

Likes: 34

Yes giving away Liljegren and taking on staals expensive contract

Jun. 9, 2018 at 7:29 a.m.

finny690

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 95

Likes: 19

All in All I like reading this aggressive approach. It looks to me that the Leafs are not giving up on Liljegren rather are including him as a part of an expensive trade( Pesce the primary piece)

Jun. 9, 2018 at 8:40 a.m.

CeeDee87

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 185

Likes: 31

Ummm.... Yeah I'd rather keep Tim and Kadri. Kadri is a legitimate 2nd line C making $4.5M a year, theres maybe a handful of contracts (not including ELCs) that compare to that. Timmy just had a historical season for an 18 year old in the AHL, I'll hold off on trading him since you'll likely need him on an ELC after this season. I love Pesce but all things considered this trade doesn't make sense for the Leafs.

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