Trades are way off

Be interested to see how Leafs fans or any fan wants the current edition of Karlsson on their team for 9.250m. I vote no, solidify the current roster and if there happens to be cap space in the future, maybe sign another UFA.

Karlsson will come back from the injuries. That much is known, he is too good not to. At the same token, this was for fun, because paying another close to over 10 mil for marner and a defenseman is going to pose problems. So at that point solidifying the roster is the better choice, I read a previous post of someone doing for fun and wanted to see if I could find a way for fun and keep that 6 million Marleau as he is most likely staying for the final year.

I made another one earlier which I much prefer. And more realistic. It does take Stralman not getting offers he expected, or get another dman ufa for about 3 million.
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1187325

Karlsson needs to prove that he is not injured long term, like have an army of doctors and paperwork proving it

Probably still want no part of Karlsson, solidify roster instead

I do agree with solidifying the roster instead, it was more for the fun to see if it could and how it would look and sens fans faces. For what Karlsson would make we could get 2-3 roster players that would surpass the value of a fully healthy karlsson. That much I do agree. Also to try and squeeze roster, I looked at the defense liable Drouin and attempted to undercut Marner by close to 1 million. So reall not worth it.

The good thing is you only need 7 Dmen on the roster so can add $6-$700 K for Kapanen bc he is not taking under $3M per year.