Reading Tavares &or Johnsson would turn financial tides.
Maybe enough 4 pipe dream Pietrangelo..-~

Bracco isn't making the team.

Likely not, but some time.

underpaid dermott and mikh and overpaid gauthier and bracco. there will be cap casualties and trades made and if there isnt, this team will be way over cap

one or two of Johnsson, Kerfoot and Kapanen will get moved likely for futures or ELC's. That is literally all it'll take to make the cap work, and if Dubas and Pridham can work their magic to find a LTIR contract, they may not even need to move anyone. With a flat cap, a lot of vets and FA's are going to get squeezed hard. Which will make TO's depth guys on team friendly contracts even more attractive.

its certainly gonna be interesting with free agents like clifford and what he gets if the cap stays flat for 2 years and goes up minimally. i dont doubt dubas and pridham for making it work and taking on a hossa or similar guy. i hope johnsson is available for the playoffs and can build his value up especially for having to trade either him, kerfy or kappy.

Johnsson is a young 40+ point forward with speed and is good defensively. Despite his injury he has value. May be hard to get a 2nd for him but but a couple of 3rds or a 3rd and a longer term project player with upside that could benefit from the Leafs immense player development department would be an easy ask for what he brings to the table. With a flat cap, a lot of guys who were looking to make 4+ million or are making that kind of money are going to price themselves out of the league. Then young guys on team friendly deals will really become attractive depth players.

like you said with regards to development, it makes me want to get Lias andersson or a similar player if the values not as high as their draft spot. i think that would be a great grab especially if he develops soundly