Leafs are not trading Holl, Dermott and Engval.

why not? Leafs fans can't pretend like our players are so much better than everyone else's, and we need the cap. Dermott was the only one I had a hard time moving.

The Leafs are in a bad situation themselves. They would literally have $3,000 in cap space if they made these moves.

Engvall may not even make the line up next year according to Chris Johnston. Holl will probs stay, and Dermott will be traded for a RD in a package.

so what? they don't need any space. 2 healthy scratches and all needs addressed

I dont think you understand how it works then

Mind boggling so many people don’t understand the concept of call ups requiring cap space

One injury and they are screwed...all needs addressed? Doesn’t work like that

It worked this season. If the player is out long term they go on ltir. If it's short term then they can just run a 21 man roster until the player is healthy. It's not that complicated. There would be more cap space because he messed up some things anyways.

Cernak will make closer to 3 million. Theres around a million saved. Liljegren wont be in the nhl if hes just going to sit in the press box most of the time. Marincin will take his place and that will save 163k. There will be far better and cheaper options saving them some more money.

The leafs arent the only team to be close to the cap

Holl might get traded, Dermott most likely gets traded with no space left on LD (Rielly, Muzzin, Sandin) and Engvall is going to have to fight for a spot still

What did I mess up?

Make it sure that if the league gave Compliance buyout it will be allow only to buy your own players.

not rlly. We have one forward healthy scratch and one spare defenceman so one or two short term injuries and we are fine. If its long term then we get the space to call someone up. If they need two forwards, send liljegren down and call someone up. If they need two forwards then roll 3 centres, and let AM and JT play more, and if its a LTIR injury then just call someone up

I just edited my comment. I dont think cernak will make that much. Hes looking like hes more in the low 3 million range. Liljegren wont be on the team if hes only a 7th defenseman. Marincin will be there saving them a bit and I dont see korshkov making the team either.

I think cernak gets at least 3.5 and liljegren is there to alternate games with roy until one sets themselves apart

3k up against the cap doesnt allow you to make moves, thats the point. Thats just one nagging injury to a guy on that roster, if you have to make more than 1 call up, the leafs are screwed and will have to play with a man down in an NHL game

Its just reckless for a team to operate like that

have 2 call up options for minor injuries. Can call up more for LTIR. It really wouldn't be an issue. If you really have to take off a year and 500k from the cernak signing

If there's a CBO coming, the cap would decrease. I can't see any option where they kept a flat cap and give teams a CBO...makes things too easy for the teams.

Also, pray tell why wouldn't NYI just buyout Boychuk themselves? No point moving good assets to get rid of one contract they can use CBO for themselves.

It's also only ever been a thing when the cap actually goes down. The point is to allow teams to be compliant with a lower cap. Regardless of what sites desperate for clicks are saying since nothing is happening, there won't be a CBO with a flat cap. Why would there be?

It's comical how many people here don't get the concept. In their mind, the league would actually make up the lost revenue this season by allowing teams to spend cash to remove cap hits and then use the new cap space to spend more cash.

Indeed.

I totally agree on you. Last time CBO where allowed that was for a different reason. The new rules on contract length was the major reason for it. Last time that Cap have gone down it was on a shortened season and with the compress schedule the Salary cap was higher then the prior year. If there a full season next year the cap will probably stay put and team will have to deal with it.

Yep, something will actually have to change for them to give teams a free buyout. It's entirely possible the cap may go down, that wouldn't surprise me given it's unlikely they manage to resume the season in the same format and play out all of the remaining games with full arenas watching.

If he can't even make the lineup , why would edmonton trade a 4th, and 6th for him

They have Ladd as well to buy out

because they aren't as deep on the wings