LEAFS ACQUIRE STAAL TO PUT THEM OVER TOP

Forums/Armchair-GM

Page 1 of 1

Created by: TMLSage

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 9, 2020

Published: Feb. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Leafs add the checkmate piece in Eric Staal to bring home the Cup.

Trades

TOR

Staal, Eric

MIN

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$79,414,366	$0	$132,500	$2,085,634

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,634,000$11,634,000 C UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,893,000$10,893,000 RW UFA - 6
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 4	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 5
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Clifford, Kyle $800,000$800,000 LW UFA - 1	Engvall, Pierre $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Marchment, Mason $767,500$767,500 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 1
	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 1

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	Holl, Justin $675,000$675,000 RD UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 3	Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Campbell, Jack $675,000$675,000 G UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Clarkson, David $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
		Ceci, Cody $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 1
		Mikheyev, Ilya $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:19 p.m.

Idontwearhockeypants

Sam Pollock

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 209

Likes: 46

They are going to need a lot more than Staal to put them over the top..

TMLSage liked this.

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:23 p.m.

TMLSage

Thread Starter

GM - Canucks

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 5,192

Likes: 1,218

Quoting: Idontwearhockeypants

They are going to need a lot more than Staal to put them over the top..

I think Staal is an under-rated big game player that will have an huge impact in bringing a cup back to Toronto. Reminds me of the Islander trade to obtain Butch Goring years ago and the postive effect it had on the Islanders in winning a cup.

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:30 p.m.

Caniac555

Hurricane Tulsky

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 8,863

Likes: 3,635

Checkmate...

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:31 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 39,435

Likes: 20,280

Over the top of what exactly? The cap?

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:33 p.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,295

Likes: 3,388

Right, a new 3C is going to make the difference for the Leafs to win the Cup. Not fixing the defense that will in all likelihood get annihilated by every high powered offense they could possibly face in the playoffs. Right. Anything can happen, but this is absolutely not the move that should be made

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:41 p.m.

Jimbo1119

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 1,812

Likes: 762

Quoting: TMLSage

For sure Goring seemed to be the spark plug that put the finishing touches on that team...as a Ranger fan- unfortunately remember that too well! But what the Isles seemed to have even before Goring got there was Defense, Goaltending, and a lot of heart.

TMLSage liked this.

Feb. 9, 2020 at 10:56 p.m.

Gofnut999

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 20,067

Likes: 8,965

So you want Staal for a pile of spare parts? Lol, sure. shakes head

2 4th liners, the second coming of Nic Petan, and a 4th. There’s some value. Lol.

Feb. 10, 2020 at 2:08 a.m.

TMLSage

Thread Starter

GM - Canucks

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 5,192

Likes: 1,218

Quoting: krakowitz

The Leafs defence is actually much better than you realize. The only adjustment the Leafs need to make is to have forwards buy into playing stronger defensive game which will happen come playoff time. Eric Staal has the leadership skills to help younger Leafs players as he won a cup in Carolina and played some great hockey for Canada internationally.

Feb. 10, 2020 at 8:29 a.m.

Fox_Czar_Cup

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 8,215

Likes: 1,490

...OVER THE TOP HEAVY.
WHY WASTE ASSETS, KEEFE'S PRESENCE HAS ALREADY GUARANTEED YOU A CUP

Feb. 10, 2020 at 12:43 p.m.

#10

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,295

Likes: 3,388

Quoting: TMLSage

Take your Leaf blinders off for a sec Mike. You don't see the failed coverages, the horribly misplayed one-on-ones, the turnovers through the neutral zone, or the failed clearing attempts? I know every team has that to an extent, but it's below average at best in Toronto. A partner for Morgan Rielly is far and away the most pressing need this team has right now, not an upgraded 3C. Your defense is going to be targeted by any opponent you come across, and they will exploit it with dumping the puck towards the ****ty defenseman on the ice, forechecking the hell out of him and forcing a turnover. It will be a mismatch that a 3C won't be able to fix.

Page 1 of 1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Forums/Armchair-GM