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TOR OTT LA 3-way Marleau trade

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 9, 2019
Published: Jun. 9, 2019
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
Shuffling around players after July 1st bonuses are handed out.

TO LA:
Marleau (TOR)

TO OTT:
Kovalchuk (LA)

TO TOR:
MacArthur (OTT)

LA gets a contract (Marleau) that ends after this season - they can either keep him for the year (and troll San Jose when he retires a King) or flip him to a contender at the deadline after the December portion of his bonus pays out for one more shot at the Cup. Meanwhile they get a similar contract with a longer term (Kovalchuk) off the books.
Ottawa gets a big name (Kovalchuk) and $6M closer to the cap floor while only paying $700,000 in actual salary after July 1st, and a higher cap hit next year ($6.25M) than actual salary ($4.25M). If Kovalchuk turns it around, he can be flipped to a contender for assets next year. Granted MacArthur is going to be permanently on IR, but remember the situation with Columbus and Horton's contract. I don't really trust that Melnyk would have spent the money at the time of signing to insure a middle-six contract. Even if it is insured, I'd assume it's only partially so and OTT is still paying out a percentage of the contract.
TOR adds another LTIR player to the display case and clears out cap space.
Toby Reider, Jesse Puljujarvi and Jason Spezza are all next up in the Tyler Ennis Memorial Reclamation Project slots.

Contract amounts are per Evolving Wild's projections, with the exception of Reider taking slightly more of a cut on a "show me" deal and Ennis taking a bit less to stick with TOR's medical staff for another year.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$2,700,000
8$9,716,000
2$1,393,000
1$1,075,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$1,650,000
1$1,250,000
Trades
1.
2.
3.
4.
CAR
  1. Johnsson, Andreas [RFA Rights]
  2. Kadri, Nazem
  3. 2019 2nd round pick (TOR)
5.
6.
TOR
  1. Puljujärvi, Jesse [RFA Rights]
  2. Rieder, Tobias [RFA Rights]
EDM
  1. Brown, Connor
  2. 2019 4th round pick (TOR)
Retained Salary Transactions
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2019
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the STL
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the DAL
2020
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the EDM
Logo of the SJS
Logo of the WPG
2021
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the TOR
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$83,000,000$82,452,032$0$0$547,968

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$2,700,000$2,700,000
RW
UFA - 3
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,634,000$11,634,000
C
UFA - 5
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$6,962,366$6,962,366
RW
UFA - 5
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$2,250,000$2,250,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,000,000$11,000,000
C, LW
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$9,716,000$9,716,000
RW
UFA - 6
$1,075,000$1,075,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
$1,650,000$1,650,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
$1,393,000$1,393,000
RW
UFA
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$1,250,000$1,250,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$675,000$675,000
C
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$775,000$775,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$775,000$775,000
C, LW, RW
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD
UFA - 3
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$5,750,000$5,750,000
RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$4,000,000$4,000,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$3,875,000$3,875,000
RD
UFA - 3
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$750,000$750,000
G
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$863,333$863,333
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$2,733,333$2,733,333
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$750,000$750,000
LD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$675,000$675,000
RD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
$4,650,000$4,650,000
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,300,000$5,300,000
RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 1

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Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:19 p.m.
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The only team that actually benefits from this 3 way trade is Toronto meaning its unrealistic.
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Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.
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Ottawa declines. Ottawa wants to save money, and they do that better with Clarke than Kovy. Sens have no incentive to help the Leafs if they get nothing out of it.

Also if Mac's contract was uninsured, we'd have heard about that in 2016 when it first looked like he might have career ending injury issues. Sens wouldn't have eaten the cost for the last couple of seasons if that was the case. Pure speculation based on absolutely nothing.
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Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:29 p.m.
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I love that you're pretty in tune with the actual salary VS cap hit. Any trade with Ottawa, at this point, I feel like this is vital. This 3 way works well. I would've wanted to see Kovalchuk's name in the actual trade but that could just be my OCD. First, I feel like you don't need that 2nd rounder in the Hamilton trade. Kadri and AJ are plenty. I have a hard time seeing Marner sign for less than 10.5-11.5. I don't see Edmonton parting ways with Puljujarvi unless it's for something you'd rather not pay. The ask, I believe, is still high for him. I mainly see Benning being the return for Brown on a lot of ACGMs. He's a solid, young, bottom 6 RHD. Under Babs he'd be quite effective I think. The Zaitsev trade needs a sweetener. FLA is taking on more salary but the trade makes a lot of sense (FLA is signing Pan and Bob this summer I think so that Russian community is likely growing). The Miller trade I wonder, while that really does buff up the defense, is Bracco a good enough prospect to warrant a solid Top 4 Dman? If so, it's probably better to keep him and have him up in the bottom 6 instead of Rieder. Dermott plays right side (I am pretty sure that's the case) so he can round out your top 4 or he can stay where he is and Pysyk and Benning will be your other top 6RHD. With LA, I'd trade to include Sparks and a sweetener and bring back Campbell, better G at a cheaper price.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.
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You talk about Ottawa needing to hit the cap floor.....then you trade MacArthur. Crazy logic. Obviously you don't know the motivation of CBJ and Leafs in the Horton/Clarkson swap.
And Kovi certainly exercises his NTC and doesn't agree to trade to Ottawa.
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Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.
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Quoting: BlastnyFromThePastny
I love that you're pretty in tune with the actual salary VS cap hit. Any trade with Ottawa, at this point, I feel like this is vital. This 3 way works well. I would've wanted to see Kovalchuk's name in the actual trade but that could just be my OCD. First, I feel like you don't need that 2nd rounder in the Hamilton trade. Kadri and AJ are plenty. I have a hard time seeing Marner sign for less than 10.5-11.5. I don't see Edmonton parting ways with Puljujarvi unless it's for something you'd rather not pay. The ask, I believe, is still high for him. I mainly see Benning being the return for Brown on a lot of ACGMs. He's a solid, young, bottom 6 RHD. Under Babs he'd be quite effective I think. The Zaitsev trade needs a sweetener. FLA is taking on more salary but the trade makes a lot of sense (FLA is signing Pan and Bob this summer I think so that Russian community is likely growing). The Miller trade I wonder, while that really does buff up the defense, is Bracco a good enough prospect to warrant a solid Top 4 Dman? If so, it's probably better to keep him and have him up in the bottom 6 instead of Rieder. Dermott plays right side (I am pretty sure that's the case) so he can round out your top 4 or he can stay where he is and Pysyk and Benning will be your other top 6RHD. With LA, I'd trade to include Sparks and a sweetener and bring back Campbell, better G at a cheaper price.


The MacArthur contract is insured.meaning Ottawa only pays out 950k.
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Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.
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Quoting: palhal
You talk about Ottawa needing to hit the cap floor.....then you trade MacArthur. Crazy logic. Obviously you don't know the motivation of CBJ and Leafs in the Horton/Clarkson swap.
And Kovi certainly exercises his NTC and doesn't agree to trade to Ottawa.


Yes, but the net gain is still an additional 1.6M against the cap this year and $6M against it next year, after MacArthur's deal has expired.
Kovalchuk does have a modified NTC (7-team trade list) but it doesn't kick in until the last year of his deal, in the 2020-2021 season.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.
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Quoting: Claesson4Norris
Ottawa declines. Ottawa wants to save money, and they do that better with Clarke than Kovy. Sens have no incentive to help the Leafs if they get nothing out of it.

Also if Mac's contract was uninsured, we'd have heard about that in 2016 when it first looked like he might have career ending injury issues. Sens wouldn't have eaten the cost for the last couple of seasons if that was the case. Pure speculation based on absolutely nothing.



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The MacArthur contract is insured.meaning Ottawa only pays out 950k.


Yes but the idea here is that Ottawa is still paying something for a player that will never hit the ice - yes they need to hit the cap floor but they also need bodies, and Eugene is notorious for not wanting to spend a penny more than he has to. They pay less this year (750K vs. 950K) for a higher cap hit (6.1M vs. 4.65M) and a filled spot in their forward lineup.
Ottawa currently only have 7 F and 5 D signed for next year with around $12M needed to hit the cap floor. This fulfills a huge amount of that cap requirement while keeping salary at an absolute minimum...they can go out and sign a bunch of 'tweeners and scrubs to league min. contracts this way and keep their actual overhead as low as humanly possible.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
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rofl OTT is not helping toronto without it costing a grade A prospect or kapanen, they can sign any UFA for any amount to reach cap floor for 1 year as Chabot will ,make 7m+ next year after his ELC ends
Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.
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rofl OTT is not helping toronto without it costing a grade A prospect or kapanen, they can sign any UFA for any amount to reach cap floor for 1 year as Chabot will ,make 7m+ next year after his ELC ends


Lol, not getting kappy and I highly doubt Ottawa can sign “any” ufa.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.
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Lol, not getting kappy and I highly doubt Ottawa can sign “any” ufa.


yes any UFA for 12-13m will accept for 1-2 years.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.
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Quoting: BlastnyFromThePastny
I love that you're pretty in tune with the actual salary VS cap hit. Any trade with Ottawa, at this point, I feel like this is vital. This 3 way works well. I would've wanted to see Kovalchuk's name in the actual trade but that could just be my OCD. First, I feel like you don't need that 2nd rounder in the Hamilton trade. Kadri and AJ are plenty. I have a hard time seeing Marner sign for less than 10.5-11.5. I don't see Edmonton parting ways with Puljujarvi unless it's for something you'd rather not pay. The ask, I believe, is still high for him. I mainly see Benning being the return for Brown on a lot of ACGMs. He's a solid, young, bottom 6 RHD. Under Babs he'd be quite effective I think. The Zaitsev trade needs a sweetener. FLA is taking on more salary but the trade makes a lot of sense (FLA is signing Pan and Bob this summer I think so that Russian community is likely growing). The Miller trade I wonder, while that really does buff up the defense, is Bracco a good enough prospect to warrant a solid Top 4 Dman? If so, it's probably better to keep him and have him up in the bottom 6 instead of Rieder. Dermott plays right side (I am pretty sure that's the case) so he can round out your top 4 or he can stay where he is and Pysyk and Benning will be your other top 6RHD. With LA, I'd trade to include Sparks and a sweetener and bring back Campbell, better G at a cheaper price.


Fair points, although I do feel like values are hard to gauge on a lot of the players (Reider, Puljujarvi, Zaitsev, Miller) since they all seem to have fallen out of favor with their respective teams to some extent. Reider was thrown under the bus at the end of the year, Puljujarvi is starting to be seen as damaged goods with questions about NHL-level ability, Miller was healthy scratched (and Vegas is currently over the cap with 13th forward, 6th & 7th D and backup goalie positions yet to be filled) and Zaitsev has been the media's whipping boy but did show improvement in the Playoffs paired with Muzzin.
If the return in the EDM trade is Benning instead of Puljujarvi, cool, then they can skip the VGK trade.
Bracco has offensive value but it's largely as a playmaker and there isn't proof yet that his abilities translate to the NHL. Vegas needs to carve out space not just to get under the cap but to re-sign Karlsson.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.
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yes any UFA for 12-13m will accept for 1-2 years.


Okay try signing panarin on an agm here, see how that goes over lol.

Besides to think they are going to overpay a ufa to hit the cap floor is a bit far fetched.
Jun. 9, 2019 at 6:58 p.m.
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I really don’t think Kadri, Johnsson and a second-round pick is enough to get us Dougie Hamilton.
 
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