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Created by: Russell_C

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 5, 2020

Published: Jul. 5, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

-Resign Clifford
- Engvall can rotate through bottom 6 LW & RW to give people rest/ injuries
Robertson plays with JT & Marner,
If not:
Hyman-Mathews-Nylander
Miky-Tavares-Marner
Engvall-Kerfoot-Kappy
Clifford-Spezza-Barabanov

As for the D
-Rielly-(Either Dermott or Lehtonen)
-Muzzin-Holl (Shutdown)
-Sandin- (Dermott or Lehtonen)

I personally like the idea of Dermott developing into a top 4 RD IF POSSIBLE, play him with Rielly so there's a Vet and an up and comer. Then Sandin plays with Lehtonen, again, Vet and Up and comer. If either Dermott doesn't prove himself or Lehtonen proves he deserves an increased role, Rielly-Lehtonen, Muzz-Holl, Sandin-Dermott

Have to play Lehtonen and Barabanov out of camp, free agents in the future want to see past free agents get a fair shake after signing in TO from overseas. Otherwise it will be tough to sign free agents and fill out the roster in the future.

Let me know what you think, I'm of the opinion that the sky if falling leafs defense opinion is a bit over-hyped. We all need to stop trading for Dumba, Murphy, Montour & Savard and stop signing Petro or trading Nylander when trying to be realistic.

OH, everyone in LTIR are just depth/injury callups- no order

What would you change?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bracco, Jeremy	2	$800,000
Veronneau, Max	2	$800,000
Malgin, Denis	2	$800,000
Kivihalme, Teemu	2	$800,000
Gauthier, Frédérik	2	$900,000
Dermott, Travis	2	$1,750,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	2	$1,750,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason		1	$800,000
Clifford, Kyle		2	$1,500,000

Trades

TOR

2020 3rd round pick (MIN)
2021 4th round pick (NSH)

NSH

Johnsson, Andreas

TOR

2021 3rd round pick (TOR)

LAK

2021 2nd round pick (TOR)

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	$81,296,450	$0	$0	$203,550

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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	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 $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Clifford, Kyle $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Spezza, Jason $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Dermott, Travis $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	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	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		Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1
		Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2
		Malgin, Denis $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
		Gauthier, Frédérik $900,000$900,000 C UFA - 1
		Korshkov, Yegor $925,000$925,000 RW RFA - 1
		Petan, Nicolas $775,000$775,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Mikheyev, I.		Spezza, J.		Kapanen, K.
	Robertson, N.		Dermott, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Hyman, Z.	Tavares, J.
	Muzzin, J.	Holl, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Mikheyev, I.	Spezza, J.
	Rielly, M.	Dermott, T.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:13 p.m.

MatthewsDynasty

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Dermott is spelled with an E btw not U

And Dubas will make some moves to get a D partner for Mo IMO

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

Russell_C

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OOPS

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:20 p.m.

KileDoobis

Leafs fan...sorry

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I really like Clifford, but I don't know if resigning him is worth changing that third to a second. They can probably pick up someone who brings the same kind of thing through FA this summer.

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:27 p.m.

Russell_C

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Quoting: KileDoobis

I really like Clifford, but I don't know if resigning him is worth changing that third to a second. They can probably pick up someone who brings the same kind of thing through FA this summer.

Do you think his "toughness"/ "grit" is worth signing? I like the idea of having someone who can punch a Bruin in he face WHEN need be in the playoffs. Other than Clifford, Kappy has shown he can get a bit rough and fight, but it drops off pretty bad after that. Not enough face punching ability on this team as it is.

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

pharrow

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Quoting: Russell_C

Kap can't fight there is plenty of evidence of that on hockeyfights too so lets just stop that nonsense. The last thing he should be doing is dropping gloves.

And this defense sucks.
This is the kind of defense you get by someone just putting names down on a piece of paper.
5 Left handed guys. There goes your teams ability to actually play hockey. No point to point passes, teams will be all over you forcing mistakes.

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

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I'm not too sold on Barbie, if he doesn't shine in the pre-season I say he invokes his European clause and goes back to the KHL, especially with the covid19 happening, players might wanna stay closer to home and players in the KHL have less travel in their season.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

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Edited Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

Quoting: pharrow

The best 6 D-Corps the Leafs had only two RDH; I'm talking about Ellett, Gill, McCoun, Mironov, Rouse, Lebreve.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

ItWasIn

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The Leafs can probably easily navigate this offseason, if they are fine with their D. All they would need to do is find a place for Johnsson , just like you did.

Where it becomes interesting is the following offseason.

How do you extend Andersen and Hyman with a flat cap of 81.5, then the next season at 82.5 what does a Rielly extension look like?

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Jack_

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Johnsson should be the one they keep over Kerfoot

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

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Boomer125

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Quoting: pharrow

Vegas rolled out 5 LHD, Yotes rolled out 5 LHD - I see no reason this Defense gets decimated on a nightly basis - everything you said about this Defense is nonsense

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

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Boomer125

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Quoting: ItWasIn

Probably not extending those 2 - Hyman if he's willing to take a Brandon Tanev deal can be done - as for Freddie I'm fairly confident there is no intention to extend him - most likely roll out Campbell and another borderline starter 40 games each

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

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Boomer125

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Quoting: Jack_

Johnsson should be the one they keep over Kerfoot

Same player but whatever

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:44 p.m.

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pharrow

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Quoting: Boomer125

Vegas rolled out 5 LHD, Yotes rolled out 5 LHD - I see no reason this Defense gets decimated on a nightly basis - everything you said about this Defense is nonsense

the Yotes...you mean the team that couldn't generate any offense. Yeah kind of hard to score when you can't move the puck point to point.

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:46 p.m.

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Russell_C

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Quoting: ItWasIn

We can move Kappy and Kerfoot to open up ~6.5-7m as the years go on, which could theoretically open up Andersen for ~8m and hyman for ~6 or so? I've heard some back and forth as to weather or not Andersen should be signed at all, but if we were to resign him, maybe something like 4x7.5m? just a 2.5m raise? Hyman IDK, he is so underrated and such a pitbull he could easily bring in 4-5 somewhere on the open market i think. Slight over-payment but someone would do it.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:50 p.m.

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Russell_C

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Quoting: Boomer125

Same player but whatever

Quoting: Jack_

Johnsson should be the one they keep over Kerfoot

Pretty damned close to same production that's for sure, despite the small sample size over 3 or so years. But Kerfoot plays center and we have plenty of wingers, Not that Kerfoot is unbeatable.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:55 p.m.

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Jack_

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Quoting: Boomer125

Same player but whatever

Johnsson has 60 point potential beside matthews and nylander. Hes their best LW'er. Kerfoot is a 3c and nothing more

Jul. 5, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

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draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

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Quoting: Jack_

Johnsson has 60 point potential beside matthews and nylander. Hes their best LW'er. Kerfoot is a 3c and nothing more

Forgot Hyman plays LW.

Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:03 p.m.

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Russell_C

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Quoting: Jack_

Johnsson has 60 point potential beside matthews and nylander. Hes their best LW'er. Kerfoot is a 3c and nothing more

So could Hyman or Miky, I think even Engvall could put up numbers like Johnsson has so far if he was playing with Matthews & Nylander

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

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Jack_

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Quoting: draft_em_sign_em_trade_em

Forgot Hyman plays LW.

Johnsson is just as good offensively and not a defensive liability

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

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Jack_

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Quoting: Russell_C

So could Hyman or Miky, I think even Engvall could put up numbers like Johnsson has so far if he was playing with Matthews & Nylander

Mikheyev and engvall dont have that high end offensive upside

Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

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NSH has a hard time saying no to that

Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:13 p.m.

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Jo_Habs77

25th coming up

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You're doomed, you're all doomed

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

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Russell_C

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Quoting: Jack_

Johnsson is just as good offensively and not a defensive liability

Average PK time over the last 3 years:
2017-19
Hyman: 2 mins 39 secs
Johnsson: 0 mins 43 secs

2018-19
Hyman: 2 mins 16 secs
Johnsson 0 mins 1 sec

2019-20
Hyman: 1 min 52 secs
Johnsson: 0 mins 13 secs
Miky: 1 mins 55 secs

Hyman and Miky are trusted more in defensive situations

Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

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Russell_C

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Quoting: villenash

NSH has a hard time saying no to that

Team really doesn't matter, just a cap dump. But is it for cap reasons, disliking the player or to pricey

LOL my bad, totally misread Nevermind

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Jul. 5, 2020 at 1:24 p.m.

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Quoting: Russell_C

No, it's not.

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