Alexander Barabanov and the Leafs

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Created by: aadoyle

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 28, 2020

Published: Mar. 28, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

With news that the leafs are favorites to acquire Alexander Barabanov I decided to speculate how the leafs decide how to fit him in for 2020-2021 season. I have heard of him but never thought he would be on the leafs radar. But if he does join I made him the third line RW and moved kapenan to play with matthews, put nylander on the left, and reunited the tavares line. For defense traded for weegar who has been pretty solid with the panthers on his off side so being with rielly on his dominate side could be intriguing. Also decided to save money by making engvall the 3rd line center. He played that position well with the marlies and was okay with it on the leafs so why not try it again.

Also signed SHL free agent Kinnvall, Johannes who is a young RD but has developed well and could be an excellent partner for sandin.

For goaltending things got tricky. Before I went with Bilyov but alot of people including KHL reporter Igor Eronko have stated "He's too small. And his style is kind of a batllefly. You need a very good defensive team in front ot, which Ak Bars is, so he could be effective. He's great stopping the first shot, not the second one". So moving on from him I went for another young goaltender Ivan Bocharov. His style of play is similar to anderson and his numbers in the KHL are impressive (GAA = 1.98, SV = 0.935). If he can translate over to the NHL well he could be a suitable replacement for anderson once his contract expires. So bringing him in on a 3 year entry is fair as he can play for the marlies and be brought up if they feel hes ready like what the rangers did with shesterkin.

So let me know what u think. Traded some guys out to replenish picks especially since clifford is coming back toronto will need a 2nd as replacement. Also brought in thorton and resigned spezza and clifford for some veteran presence.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mikheyev, Ilya	2	$1,500,000
Gauthier, Frédérik	2	$700,000
Weegar, MacKenzie	4	$3,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason	1	$700,000
Clifford, Kyle	2	$1,000,000
Thornton, Joe	1	$700,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barabanov, Alexander	2	$925,000
Kinnvall, Johannes	3	$925,000
Bocharov, Ivan	2	$925,000

Trades

TOR

Weegar, MacKenzie [RFA Rights]
2020 2nd round pick (FLA)

FLA

Dermott, Travis [RFA Rights]
Kerfoot, Alexander
2020 6th round pick (TOR)

TOR

2020 2nd round pick (OTT)
2020 3rd round pick (WPG)

OTT

Bracco, Jeremy [RFA Rights]
Johnsson, Andreas
2020 4th round pick (VGK)

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
22	$81,500,000	$79,224,783	$0	$0	$2,275,217

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000
Clifford, Kyle $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 2	Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Gauthier, Frédérik $700,000$700,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Weegar, MacKenzie $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 2	Kinnvall, Johannes $925,000$925,000
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2
		Bocharov, Ivan $925,000$925,000

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Nylander, W.		Tavares, J.		Matthews, A.
	Rielly, M.		Marner, M.

Power Play 2
Hyman, Z.		Thornton, J.		Kapanen, K.
	Sandin, R.		Spezza, J.

Mar. 28, 2020 at 7:09 p.m.

leafs101

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is Barabanov any good? His stats this season don't wow me, but his season the year before was alright. he's also quite small. not even 160 pounds according to hockeydb if I'm looking at the right guy

Mar. 28, 2020 at 7:17 p.m.

aadoyle

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Quoting: leafs101

is Barabanov any good? His stats this season don't wow me, but his season the year before was alright. he's also quite small. not even 160 pounds according to hockeydb if I'm looking at the right guy

hes a good depth player. Kind of small but plays like hes a foot taller. He may not be a star in the KHL but is a hard worker with a good track record. Articles on this describe him as "playing a game bigger than his size. He’s strong on his edges, competitive, and elusive in traffic/down low". So as a third line winger he should be fine. remember some small guys gerbe can be intriguing players to watch so i dont think his size will bother us.

Mar. 28, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.

Kosterjr

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Panthers aren’t interested

Mar. 28, 2020 at 8:01 p.m.

aadoyle

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Edited Mar. 28, 2020 at 8:08 p.m.

Quoting: Kosterjr

Panthers aren’t interested

panthers need to shed 10mill in cap as management and ownership are sick and tired of that teams lack of performance and are possibly considering a rebuild. I can tell they will be busy in the summer and acquiring cheap players is a must in order to make management and the ownership happy. Panthers would love to have kerfoot. He can play third center and will be a massive improvement over wallmark. Dermott is also an improvement over most of the panthers defense so acquiring him would also be an added bonus. Weegar is a RD and sure hes playing well on his offside but florida's defense still needs a massive overhaul as Matheson, Stralman and Yandle are all on the chopping block and need to be replaced by defenders willing to play without the puck, willing to defend in tough situations without sacrificing the ability to move the puck.

Mar. 28, 2020 at 8:35 p.m.

leafs101

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Quoting: aadoyle

ya I don't mind a small player who plays big but u'd usually hope for better production. that being said I'd sign him as there's no risk in it

Mar. 28, 2020 at 8:37 p.m.

aadoyle

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Quoting: leafs101

ya I don't mind a small player who plays big but u'd usually hope for better production. that being said I'd sign him as there's no risk in it

yep usually when russian players come in its to reasonable contracts and if they dont work can either go home or get traded

Mar. 28, 2020 at 10:12 p.m.

TheLeafsSeason

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Quoting: leafs101

ya I don't mind a small player who plays big but u'd usually hope for better production. that being said I'd sign him as there's no risk in it

The Leafs don't need another Nic Petan. We already have 10 of those

Mar. 28, 2020 at 10:35 p.m.

aadoyle

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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

The Leafs don't need another Nic Petan. We already have 10 of those

petan was never supposed to be big from the start. Most people say WHL stats are inflated and from what i can see from his whl years to NHL there is a big shift (120 points in WHL to never reaching more than 6 in the NHL). At the same time KHL players usually have an easier time transfering over to the NHL. Some adapt better than others. Sure he may be small but his skill set and abilities are far greater than petans. At 25 years old and competing in OG, WC, etc he has proven he could be a worthy addition to any NHL team. Sadly, Petan is just an AHL player nothing wrong with that but sadly if he is ever on an NHL team it will either be on the 4th line or as a pressbox holder

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Mar. 28, 2020 at 10:57 p.m.

Kosterjr

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Quoting: aadoyle

You make my case. Easier ways to shed cap then trading Weegar. No Hoffman, Dadanov, Haula, and trading at least one of Matheson, Yandle, or Stralman.

Mar. 28, 2020 at 11:03 p.m.

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aadoyle

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Quoting: Kosterjr

You make my case. Easier ways to shed cap then trading Weegar. No Hoffman, Dadanov, Haula, and trading at least one of Matheson, Yandle, or Stralman.

Matheson, Yandle, or Stralman <--- Good luck with those guys (I would say Yandle has the best chance) but hes barrie but worse defensively so if a team wants some blue line offense he can help them. The other 2 oh god help them

Mar. 28, 2020 at 11:04 p.m.

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aadoyle

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Quoting: Kosterjr

You make my case. Easier ways to shed cap then trading Weegar. No Hoffman, Dadanov, Haula, and trading at least one of Matheson, Yandle, or Stralman.

Hoffman and Dadonov on the other hand will be the gams of free agency forwards. probs making 7mill each

Mar. 30, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

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Nope.

Kyle Clifford: Hi, Dubas. I think I'm worth less than I was on my last contract. Pay me little 'cause I like to help out the world.

Dubas: Cool. I'll just cut your salary by 2/3, how is that?

Clifford: Great, thanks!

Later that day...

Dubas: I signed a really old and slow guy to play on the fourth line. It should be good because he will bring no energy and is a solid minus player with declining skills!

Later still...

Dubas: Hey Florida, want to trade away your yound right handed dman who logged the 3rd most average TOI for you? I can give you a speedy forward that can't score, the RFA rights to a comparable dman that you don't know very well and a couple crap picks.

Tallon: Great! Can we trade you Ekblad too for an additional 6th rounder??? Please????

Mar. 30, 2020 at 5:14 p.m.

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aadoyle

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Quoting: BlarpyDoo

Man this is some troll postings. Clifford aint making more than a mill with the leafs. If he wants more hes out. He is a 4th liner and the leafs have plenty of replacements. As for florida I have already had fans tell me this trade could work out for both sides especially with florida needing to shed 10mill. I can tell your new and mostly posting troll coments so pls be respectful to others

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