You dont need to hit everything to be a physical team

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Created by: PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 3, 2019

Published: Jul. 3, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I think this whole, "Dubas hates physical players" idea is massively overblown. His strategy is to draft and develop skilled players, some will be physical some won't be, but if you have a plethora of skilled players, you can always move one for physical guys if the need arises.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Marner, Mitchell	6	$9,500,000
Ceci, Cody	1	$4,500,000
Kerfoot, Alexander	2	$2,900,000

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
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$79,133,866	$0	$0	$2,366,134

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Mikheyev, Ilya $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,634,000$11,634,000 C UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 5
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Marner, Mitchell $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW UFA - 6
Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $2,900,000$2,900,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 1	Petan, Nicolas $775,000$775,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2
Agostino, Kenny $737,500$737,500 LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Barrie, Tyson $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 1	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Muzzin, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Ceci, Cody $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Hutchinson, Michael $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
	Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1
Harpur, Ben $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1		Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1
Gravel, Kevin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1		Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2

Jul. 3, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

cjacks1212

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Not bad at all, I don't know much about Mekheyev, but I think i'd rather have Kapanen start the year there...

Jul. 3, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

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Quoting: cjacks1212

Not bad at all, I don't know much about Mekheyev, but I think i'd rather have Kapanen start the year there...

Kapanen is a shooter and Kerfoot is a playmaker. Once Hyman is back, I'd like to see a Johnsson, Kerfoot, Kapanen 3rd line. That would be a matchup nightmare against other 3rd lines.

Mekheyev is a big guy who isn't afraid to crash the net, that sort of player is needed for the Matthews line, Nylander can be the setup guy, Matthews the shooter and a big guy to pound home rebounds and make space.

Also Kap is a RW not LW.

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Jul. 3, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

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Quoting: LoganOllivier

Good to know... I agree with your assessment that 3rd line would be real solid...

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Jul. 3, 2019 at 11:59 a.m.

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Quoting: cjacks1212

Good to know... I agree with your assessment that 3rd line would be real solid...

A lot of people overrate Kapanen. He's good but he's not a superstar. In fact, he's one of the most replaceable players on the team. A big drop off from Marner and Nylander.

Jul. 3, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

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Its anyone's guess who will be the 3rd pairing D to start the year. There is literally as many as 8 guys to choose from...

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Jul. 3, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

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really like these lines. I do have questions, in general -not against you. the signings are also in my opinion. really like Mekheyev as Matthews gritman.

I hear much slack against Ceci, is it possible to trade him and slot Dermott as 4th dman when healthy? I would like a higher quality defensive dman for the 5-6 role

Jul. 3, 2019 at 12:12 p.m.

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Quoting: KoneDome

Its anyone's guess who will be the 3rd pairing D to start the year. There is literally as many as 8 guys to choose from...

I really don't want Marincin on the team but Babs is 1000% going to have him on the team no matter what. At least he's a very good penalty killer.

Jul. 3, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

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Quoting: slickers

Sure, I just know he's apparently agreed to a one year 4.5 million dollar deal already, so I have him slotted in there for now. Who knows, Muzzin helped Zaitsev a lot, perhaps Ceci sees the same boost? Dermott will move up once he's healthy. At which time I can see Marincin (Bab's guy) move over to the left side and Ceci would move down.

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