2020-21 Leaf Center Options

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Created by: Britishbulldog

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 29, 2020

Published: Jun. 29, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Not sure what I am missing regarding some people's perspective of 3C options for the Leafs.

At the NHL, Kerfoot and Engvall were HORRIBLE at the faceoff dot and were proving themselves as misplaced wingers rather than legit options for 3 and 4 C. Kerfoot went a disappointing 191/216 and Engvall was a dismal 41/64. Ouch! Hyman was an embarrassing 70/90 BTW.

Facing the top centers in the league like Bergeron, etc Matthews went 506/414 and Tavares was an insane 617/499.

At the sheltered 4C Gauthier was an impressive 54.7% in 61 games scoring 7 goals in just over 9 minutes per game. Spezza also had an impressive 54% down from the previous years 58.2% (!!) playing sparingly under Babcock (cough) but still scoring 9 goals in 58 games with limited minutes compared to Kerfoot's 9 goals in 65 games at almost 15 minutes per game.

Spezza doesn't have a speed game...but he NEVER has. His game was based on hockey smarts and still is. He is rumoured to be willing to sign another league minimum deal of $700,000 compared to Kerfoot's movable $3.5 MIL. I would give Spezza the 3C role over other options.

Spezza - 58 games, 9 goals, 215/183 **Best overall option for value @ $0.7 MIL
Kerfoot - 65 games, 9 goals, 191/216
Engvall - 48 games, 8 goals, 41/64
Often signed Thornton - 70 games, 7 goals, 323/331 (ouch)

Let's move Kerfoot for defensive help and sign home-discount Spezza.

Barabanov replaces Johnsson's spot.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Gauthier, Frédérik	2	$800,000
Dermott, Travis	2	$1,750,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	2	$1,750,000
Cernak, Erik	6	$4,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason		1	$700,000
Clifford, Kyle		3	$1,000,000

Trades

TOR

2021 3rd round pick (TOR)

LAK

2021 2nd round pick (TOR)

TOR

2020 3rd round pick (TOR)

COL

Johnsson, Andreas

Additional Details:

Any team really. Just getting the Leafs pick back for OCD reasons.

TOR

2021 2nd round pick (VAN)

VAN

Kerfoot, Alexander

Additional Details:

Any team but New Jersey...

TOR

Cernak, Erik [RFA Rights]

TBL

Additional Details:

Solid prospects on 2 years more of cheap ELC contract plus a draft pick. Trade pieces can be adjusted to include anyone not named 'Robertson' and any pick that isn't 1 OA.

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	$81,018,116	$0	$0	$481,884

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
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
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2		Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Clifford, Kyle $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 2		Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Gauthier, Frédérik $800,000$800,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Cernak, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 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
	Dermott, Travis $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rosén, Calle $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1
Agostino, Kenny $737,500$737,500 LW UFA - 1

Jun. 29, 2020 at 6:45 p.m.

JaredOfLondon

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because faceoffs are like the 10th most important thing about being a centre and being bad or good at them doesnt mean you are either a bad or good center and anyone who knows anything about hockey knows that

Jun. 29, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.

Sonuvabirch69

Joined: Jan. 2020

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That’s a bit much for Kerfoot...

Jun. 29, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.

Jambo

Jefe

Joined: Jan. 2019

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its just bonkers the budget they have to fill the rest of their roster out with. they better hope for a big camp bump soon. If rumors are true that cap ceiling could be stagnant for more than 1 year, this team is going to be in deep trouble

Jun. 29, 2020 at 7:54 p.m.

TheAlien

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Vancouver decline Kerfoot isn't worth a 2nd

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Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:16 p.m.

Xqb15

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Quoting: TheAlien

Vancouver decline Kerfoot isn't worth a 2nd

Kerfoot is worth a 2nd to the right team, but definitely not to Vancouver.

Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:40 p.m.

TheAlien

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Quoting: Xqb15

Kerfoot is worth a 2nd to the right team, but definitely not to Vancouver.

I dunno he seems like an overpaid third-line center to me

Jun. 29, 2020 at 9:29 p.m.

Xqb15

Joined: Dec. 2019

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Quoting: TheAlien

I dunno he seems like an overpaid third-line center to me

He scored 40+ his first 2 full seasons, he can play wing and center, good passer, good hockey iq, absolutely fearless. But like I said to the right team he is worth it, but I do understand your position.

Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:48 p.m.

Britishbulldog

Thread Starter

C,mon Leafs...Please

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 836

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

LOL!

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