Balanced Defense

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Created by: JonMac87

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 11, 2020

Published: May 11, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Defense needs to be a priority.

Hate to give up Nylander, but a top RD is needed for the Leafs to take the next step IMO. Although older Parayko comes in slightly cheaper than Nylander.

Bennett adds some much needed grit with scoring potential.

Robertson riding shotgun with Tavares might be a stretch, as he most likely plays next season in the minors, however he offers the long term potential for a scoring threat on JT's wing that Nylander previously provided.

Go Leafs Go!

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dermott, Travis		3	$1,500,000
Mikheyev, Ilya		3	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason		1	$700,000

Trades

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
21	$81,500,000	$80,389,917	$0	$0	$1,110,083

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Mikheyev, Ilya $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Bennett, Sam $2,550,000$2,550,000 C UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2		Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 2	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
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Dermott, Travis $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Rosén, Calle $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Robertson, N.		Tavares, J.		Matthews, A.
	Rielly, M.		Marner, M.

Power Play 2
Hyman, Z.		Kerfoot, A.		Kapanen, K.
	Parayko, C.		Spezza, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hyman, Z.	Mikheyev, I.
	Muzzin, J.	Parayko, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Bennett, S.	Marner, M.
	Dermott, T.	Holl, J.

May 11, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

LeafsFanForSomeReason

Joined: Jan. 2020

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Lehtonen needs to be in there.

May 11, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

JayTea

14m in dead cap

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Why does St. Louis do that? If they move a RHD, it's to clear cap to bring Pietrangelo back. Trading one for a larger cap hit is counterproductive and leaves them with a big hole on their blueline.

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May 11, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.

JonMac87

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Quoting: JayTea

Why does St. Louis do that? If they move a RHD, it's to clear cap to bring Pietrangelo back. Trading one for a larger cap hit is counterproductive and leaves them with a big hole on their blueline.

It is absolutely to bring Pietrangelo back and play him on his strong side. Also allows them to sign Dunn and move him up the lineup.

May 11, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

KCarry74

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Quoting: JonMac87

It is absolutely to bring Pietrangelo back and play him on his strong side. Also allows them to sign Dunn and move him up the lineup.

but you are giving them a larger cap hit in return.

May 11, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.

JonMac87

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Quoting: KCarry74

but you are giving them a larger cap hit in return.

I get that, but you are not trading Parayko to shed salary, you need to have a strong asset coming back in return. Yes, another player needs to be moved to sign AP. He already is accounted for 6.5 million against the cap, assuming he makes 9, that's 2.5 + 1.4 extra for Nylander + whatever you pay Dunn. That is doable cap space to create.

May 11, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

JayTea

14m in dead cap

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Quoting: JonMac87

It is absolutely to bring Pietrangelo back and play him on his strong side. Also allows them to sign Dunn and move him up the lineup.

They have about $2m in cap space next year assuming a flat cap. Parayko out, Nylander in is about $1.5m more cap coming their way and they still need to sign 2 defenseman (one being Pietrangelo in your scenario) to have 6. The math says they don't remotely consider this.

May 11, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

KCarry74

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Quoting: JonMac87

Don't take your dreams for reality.

May 11, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: JonMac87

its almost like Faulk, Schenn, and Scandella didnt already get raises

May 11, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

BluesBandit

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This doesn’t make the Blues a better team. Tarasenko is our top line RW, after him we got Perron who was on track to score 70 this year, then we have Kyrou who looks like he’ll be a good player on an ELC.

May 11, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

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Dommait

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Again again and again.You only get Parayko if Matthews or Marner is in the deal.

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May 11, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.

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JonMac87

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Quoting: BluesBandit

I can see form a St. Louis perspective now, that this deal will not work, mainly for Cap reasons. ....With that being said, I think Nylander is a huge upgrade to the Blues' offense. Tarasenko is a question mark coming back from injury, Kyrou looks promising but is unproven and Perron will be 32 at the start of next season. I think Nylander would slot nicely 2 RW/LW

May 11, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

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JonMac87

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Quoting: Dommait

Again again and again.You only get Parayko if Matthews or Marner is in the deal.

Matthews is untouchable. But what’s a fair trade if you involve Marner? I doubt it is one for one. I think Marner has more value but he’s double the salary, although locked up longer. What would your trade look like involving Marner and Parayko?

May 11, 2020 at 5:36 p.m.

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Dommait

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At the moment dont see a possible because of contracts.

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