LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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What's the panic? If good players deserve raises.....so be it. And if means that Gardiner departs....so what, that's what happens to UFAs. If a good player has to traded because of the cap, that's OK, at least you get some good cheap young assets back in return.
Jets and Tampa have the same problem. Ducks and Kings have cap issues with old declining players. I'll take the Leafs (and Tampas and Jets) cap issues all day long.
Remember a few years ago under the (mis) guidance of Burke and Nonis, the Leafs had little cap room because of horrendous, non value signings. This Leafs current cap problem at least is easily solvable.