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Gotta move 6m or so without hurting the team

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Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 30, 2019
Published: Mar. 30, 2019
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Moving Nylander and his 7m cap, and his 4.9m salary shouldn't be that difficult. The return doesn't matter. Nylander has to establish himself as good player, Leafs are contenders, can't "wait" on Nylander anymore. I've put the "new" Nylander named Bracco on the top line. We'll see how the smallish, playmaker, leading scorer in the AHL does with heavier line mates. Used the money saved on Nylander for more reasonable, longer contract for other RFAs.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:44 a.m.
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    Kappy would make like a mil less. And we can move Kadri and brown who make 6.6mil and it wont even hurt our team. Nylander is key piece to Toronto imo.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.
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    I'd imagine losing Nylander would have an effect to your team.

    At the very least, TOR really should do something to that defense. In last 15 games, only Buffalo has let more goals than them. And BUF has been the worst team of the league by a clear margin, scoring only 6 points in that timespan.
    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.
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    Quoting: SammyT_51
    Kappy would make like a mil less. And we can move Kadri and brown who make 6.6mil and it wont even hurt our team. Nylander is key piece to Toronto imo.


    Admitting Kadri and Brown can be traded and it saves 6.6m...more like 5m with their replacements. Nylander has proved he is not a key piece any more IMO. Style points don't count, it's production that is needed.
    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:56 a.m.
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    I don’t think his actual salary is 4.9
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:58 a.m.
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    Admitting Kadri and Brown can be traded and it saves 6.6m...more like 5m with their replacements. Nylander has proved he is not a key piece any more IMO. Style points don't count, it's production that is needed.


    Everybody is talking about Matthews and his beast mode in last few games. It started when Nylander was put on line with him. I would only trade Nylander for top pairing RHD like Parayko. Nothing less. He is great. Points are there, he has 14 points in last 17 games and slightly less before that. Nylander is not up for grabs unless top pairing guy in similar age cathegory is coming the other way.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.
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    Edited Mar. 30, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.
    Quoting: palhal
    Admitting Kadri and Brown can be traded and it saves 6.6m...more like 5m with their replacements. Nylander has proved he is not a key piece any more IMO. Style points don't count, it's production that is needed.


    I believe kid will be back on track when he will start with the others next season, three months of quasi trainings can leave its marks. Hes playing big already i would say, created most of Goals that Matthews put on scoreboard since playing together again.

    Im the one advocating Kadri move since the day i logged into this site, even before premium contracts were signed and throw TML into cap crunch that we denied is existing thru all summer, autmn and winter.

    Best case scenario in my books : https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1079047

    missed TDL opportunity : https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1096382
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 10:02 a.m.
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    Quoting: BurgerBoss
    I'd imagine losing Nylander would have an effect to your team.

    At the very least, TOR really should do something to that defense. In last 15 games, only Buffalo has let more goals than them. And BUF has been the worst team of the league by a clear margin, scoring only 6 points in that timespan.


    Well Dermot and Gardiner are injured. Holl, Marincin and Ozzie who have seen so little ice team during the season lately have had to fill in and due to their lack of play haven't been up to NHL speed.
    Actually I'm not worried about the defence. Rosen has been very good in the AHL this season but unfortunately had a foot injury or else he would have replaced Gardiner. Gotta figure the Leafs are depending on Rosen to replace Gardiner next season. And rookie Ozzie and second year Dermot were playing well, when the Leafs acquired Muzzin, then Ozzie lost all his minutes. I still think Ozzie is NHL good, and Dermot is definitely NHL good. For some reason on this site, there is the perception that all Leafs Dmen are poor (except Reilly) and that all Dmen on all other NHL teams are upgrades on all the other Leaf Dmen. Leafs were I believe 8th in GAA, before those injuries. The only change in defence next year over this year, is Gardiner and Hainsey are gone, and Muzzin is a Leaf all season.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.
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    Well Dermot and Gardiner are injured. Holl, Marincin and Ozzie who have seen so little ice team during the season lately have had to fill in and due to their lack of play haven't been up to NHL speed.
    Actually I'm not worried about the defence. Rosen has been very good in the AHL this season but unfortunately had a foot injury or else he would have replaced Gardiner. Gotta figure the Leafs are depending on Rosen to replace Gardiner next season. And rookie Ozzie and second year Dermot were playing well, when the Leafs acquired Muzzin, then Ozzie lost all his minutes. I still think Ozzie is NHL good, and Dermot is definitely NHL good. For some reason on this site, there is the perception that all Leafs Dmen are poor (except Reilly) and that all Dmen on all other NHL teams are upgrades on all the other Leaf Dmen. Leafs were I believe 8th in GAA, before those injuries. The only change in defence next year over this year, is Gardiner and Hainsey are gone, and Muzzin is a Leaf all season.


    I see. Only point I have to say to this that it doesn't mean a D will be good in the NHL even though he's solid in AHL. And lately, Toronto's been pathetically bad on the defensive end. And there's not really changes coming, it seems.

    The fact that Gardiner is injured does not matter for the next season since he's most likely leaving. It just proves that Toronto's defense has a hole that really should be filled.

    Just can't really picture Toronto as a true contender with Zaitsev in the first pair... But that's just me. I could be wrong.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.
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    Lol. Nylander as a cap dump.. please turn in your Leafs jersey. You are not a true fan.

    As for your description.. you're wrong about his salary. You've forgot to include his signing bonuses that he gets every July 1. That's $22.3M in signing bonuses alone (averages out to $4.46M just in signing bonuses every year), plus his base salary is another $10.7M over the contract, which brings the total to $33M owed still over 5 years, which averages out to $6.6M still owed every season.. its actually $9M total salary that he gets next year, and every year after its $6M.. so I fail to see where you came up with his "$4.9M salary"
    Mar. 30, 2019 at 12:09 p.m.
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    I see. Only point I have to say to this that it doesn't mean a D will be good in the NHL even though he's solid in AHL. And lately, Toronto's been pathetically bad on the defensive end. And there's not really changes coming, it seems.

    The fact that Gardiner is injured does not matter for the next season since he's most likely leaving. It just proves that Toronto's defense has a hole that really should be filled.

    Just can't really picture Toronto as a true contender with Zaitsev in the first pair... But that's just me. I could be wrong.


    This "first pair" is really an urban legend. Take this year. Reilly plays the most, mostly because he's good at he has lots of PP time. Hainsey is his partner 5 on 5. Zaitsev plays with Gardiner, although he seems to be better without him. Zaitsev plays lots of PK on the right side with Hainsey on the left. So who is the Leafs first pair? So really the change that might happen for the Leafs next year...is Gardiner and Hainsey are out, Muzzin and Rosen are in. Yep Gardiner is hole to fill. But in my post, I really only made change to forwards (Nylander gone). If necessary the Leafs could trade a forward and their cap for defence help if necessary....even if it's only short term help.
    Actually if we want to get in who is first pairing etc....I would have Ozzie paired with Reilly, five on five. Ozzy looks like he can fill the Hainsey role. Ozzy a rookie and Dermot who is playing in first full NHL season, were starting to gel and really getting NHL competent.
    The other urban legends, the "Toronto's been pathetically bad on the defensive end". Don't think any team could be pathetically bad on defence and have the record the Leafs have. But of course there is this illusion that any other teams defencemen are all better than the five of six Dmen.
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    Mar. 30, 2019 at 12:47 p.m.
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    Quoting: palhal
    This "first pair" is really an urban legend. Take this year. Reilly plays the most, mostly because he's good at he has lots of PP time. Hainsey is his partner 5 on 5. Zaitsev plays with Gardiner, although he seems to be better without him. Zaitsev plays lots of PK on the right side with Hainsey on the left. So who is the Leafs first pair? So really the change that might happen for the Leafs next year...is Gardiner and Hainsey are out, Muzzin and Rosen are in. Yep Gardiner is hole to fill. But in my post, I really only made change to forwards (Nylander gone). If necessary the Leafs could trade a forward and their cap for defence help if necessary....even if it's only short term help.
    Actually if we want to get in who is first pairing etc....I would have Ozzie paired with Reilly, five on five. Ozzy looks like he can fill the Hainsey role. Ozzy a rookie and Dermot who is playing in first full NHL season, were starting to gel and really getting NHL competent.
    The other urban legends, the "Toronto's been pathetically bad on the defensive end". Don't think any team could be pathetically bad on defence and have the record the Leafs have. But of course there is this illusion that any other teams defencemen are all better than the five of six Dmen.


    I'm with you on this one Pal - the leafs D aren't as bad as they're made out to be. Let's see what we have when healthy..

    Left Side

    Reilly - top D goal scorer, will likely get a nomination for the Norris this year. Legit top pairing guy
    Muzzin - legit second pairing guy in LA and only "questioned" when he started playing for the leafs. Will be a 40 point D this year. PKs and PP2 duty. Hits like a train.
    Gardiner - love him or hate him the leafs sure are missing him right now... 40/50pt Dman PP2 duty

    *could be one of the best left sides in the NHL

    Right side

    Hainsey - slowing down with age, but dependable. 20 mins a night, heavy PK duty, plus 30 (for what its worth..) ideally a very good 3rd pairing guy.
    Z - not quite a love him or hate him guy, more like hate him or meh guy.. but a serviceable 2nd paring RH guy, nonetheless. 20 plus min a night, heavy PK duty. Actually hits..
    Dermot - analytics darling that meets the eye test. Definite top 4 potential

    *the right side is an obvious weak spot on the team, but its not like its made up of a bunch of AHLers.

    All that said, our D in their own end can be absolutely painful to watch. Is it the skill level of the D? Maybe to an extent. Is it the D coverage and break outs that the team uses? Probably, to most certainty part of the problem... how did the Islanders turn around their D woes so quickly from last year?
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    Mar. 31, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.
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    I just saw this post today (Sunday), which is why I haven’t reacted to it sooner.

    I think that you are underselling Nylander if you want only a second (and maybe some prospects) for him. There are several teams at the bottom of the cap table that would be interested in trading their first-round pick to Toronto for Nylander. Discounting New Jersey, Vancouver and Chicago, whose picks will presumably be too high to trade away, there are Arizona (probably #13) and two wild-card teams, Colorado and Carolina. I can see the Avalanche giving us their first and sliding down in the third round in exchange for Nylander and our 2019 fourth and 2020 third. Or Carolina giving us their first plus Kuokkanen or Geekie (or their second and both).

    It is clear from your constructions (and others) that moving Nylander for futures is the simplest way out of the cap crunch. It will be interesting to see whether Dubas adopts this strategy or chooses instead to trade numerous players (Kadri, Zaitsev, Brown and/or others), which will be far more complex – which thereby increases the risk of making a bad move.
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    I just saw this post today (Sunday), which is why I haven’t reacted to it sooner.

    I think that you are underselling Nylander if you want only a second (and maybe some prospects) for him. There are several teams at the bottom of the cap table that would be interested in trading their first-round pick to Toronto for Nylander. Discounting New Jersey, Vancouver and Chicago, whose picks will presumably be too high to trade away, there are Arizona (probably #13) and two wild-card teams, Colorado and Carolina. I can see the Avalanche giving us their first and sliding down in the third round in exchange for Nylander and our 2019 fourth and 2020 third. Or Carolina giving us their first plus Kuokkanen or Geekie (or their second and both).

    It is clear from your constructions (and others) that moving Nylander for futures is the simplest way out of the cap crunch. It will be interesting to see whether Dubas adopts this strategy or chooses instead to trade numerous players (Kadri, Zaitsev, Brown and/or others), which will be far more complex – which thereby increases the risk of making a bad move.


    I looked you're trade. That's good. Might even be for a current Avs prospect. The real reason I like moving only player Nylander, then you have just to replace him with one player. As you suggest, multiple trades, can you win or come out even on all of them, and now you have to find multiple low cost competent replacements.
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    I looked you're trade. That's good. Might even be for a current Avs prospect. The real reason I like moving only player Nylander, then you have just to replace him with one player. As you suggest, multiple trades, can you win or come out even on all of them, and now you have to find multiple low cost competent replacements.


    Yeah, I'm taking a lot of flak because idiots have no idea of the context. As you noticed, several dimwits wandered off down the path of which high-priced d-man would be better in return.

    I'll make no apologies for trading Nylander for the #17 pick. That's where they got Liljegren and I don't think it is far from where they got Sandin.
     
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