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Pietra come on down

Created by: Chiller
Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2020
Published: Sep. 19, 2020
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
The Pandemic has thrown a lot of teams into not being able to spend to the cap. The leafs still are, and can take on contracts OR because they pay high bonus' to players, other teams can get players with less cash than the actual cap hit. Enter OTT:

Melnyk is cheap AF. We know this. So we trade Mitch Marner, which after bonus' paid makes 700K next year, and for his remaining 5 years has a 7.14AAV in CASH to go with the 11Mil Cap it. OTT doesnt spend to the cap anyways so that cap hit shouldnt matter. Andersen also after bonus' makes only 1Mil AAV. So OTT gets a top line winger and a starting goalie for cheap during the 20-21 season.
In return we get the 3rd overall and ideally draft Byfield or Stietle. I chose Byfield because I like him better.

After that to get a goalie. I looked at the UFAs and there are options there and trading I looked at Murray, Kuemper and Korpisalo/Merzlikins. Murray would demand to much he is out, no idea if Lehner or Markstrom are available and what is there AAV they would command. So I chose to trade for Korpisalo because CBJ needs to trade a goalie by next year anyways, due to the expansion draft, they have other goalie prospects in the system that are good. So 1st round draft pick for him.

That will save us enough in CAP to make a play for Pietro. Ideally I want him under 9, but we can go higher if need be.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$1,750,000
1$800,000
1$800,000
2$2,250,000
1$750,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
7$8,750,000
1$700,000
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Byfield, Quinton
3$950,000
Trades
1.
TOR
  1. Gáborík, Marián
  2. Thomson, Lassi
  3. 2020 1st round pick (SJS)
  4. 2020 3rd round pick (WPG)
Additional Details:
To get all these players on the cheap, OTT will give up the 3rd overall pick and a prospect. Also to save even more money for Melnyk, TOR will also take Marian Gaboriks salary off your books, saving OTT even more money
OTT
  1. Andersen, Frederik
  2. Bracco, Jeremy [RFA Rights]
  3. Marner, Mitchell
  4. 2020 4th round pick (VGK)
  5. 2020 6th round pick (COL)
Additional Details:
Melnyk is cheap AF. So After signing bonus' are paid Andersen makes 1Mil in Cash next year and Marner makes 700K. Both people DJ Smith is fimilar with. You get a star winger and starting goalie on the cheap. All it costs you is Cap space which you dont use anyways. Marners actual cash AAV after the bonus is paid, would be 7.14AAV. Which for a 90pt winger aint bad
2.
TOR
  1. Korpisalo, Joonas
  2. 2022 6th round pick (CBJ)
Additional Details:
CBJ cannot keep both Merzlikins and Korpisalo for the Seattle expansion draft. One will get claimed. Better to trade one now. Based on reports it seems the Org likes Merzlikins better, but I would take either Goalie. Arizona and Kuemper are also a possibility
CBJ
  1. 2020 1st round pick (PIT)
  2. 2020 7th round pick (WPG)
Additional Details:
Straight up 15 OA pick for the goalie.
Retained Salary Transactions
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2020
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Logo of the CAR
Logo of the SJS
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2021
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2022
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$81,500,000$77,731,783$0$400,000$3,768,217

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$3,400,000$3,400,000
LW, RW
UFA - 3
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$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 4
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$6,962,366$6,962,366
RW
UFA - 4
Byfield, Quinton
$950,000$950,000
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,000,000$11,000,000
C, LW
NMC
UFA - 5
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$2,250,000$2,250,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$821,667$821,667
LW, RW
RFA - 4
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
LW, C, RW
UFA - 3
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$2,250,000$2,250,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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$1,250,000$1,250,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
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$700,000$700,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
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$925,000$925,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$8,750,000$8,750,000
RD
UFA - 7
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$2,800,000$2,800,000
G
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,625,000$5,625,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$2,000,000$2,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$1,650,000$1,650,000
G
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$894,167$894,167
LD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$1,750,000$1,750,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$750,000$750,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
$4,875,000$4,875,000
RW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$400,000$400K)
RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$800,000$800,000
C
UFA - 1

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Sep. 19, 2020 at 10:49 a.m.
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Sens aren't trading #3. If they wanted Marner truly, it might look like #5 + Connor Brown or Duclair or something like that + lower end prospect
Sep. 19, 2020 at 10:54 a.m.
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Why do you think Ottawa pays Gaborik's salary? If that is a basis of a trade it certainly isn't factual.
Ottawa would have a decision. Draft 4th overalll for a good ELC making a million and then having the ability to spend 10m cap on UFA....for the same price as Marner. As you suggest maybe Ottawa prefers that 7.14m is actually cash paid to Marner.
I do the trade as Leaf, though I don't know if I spend the new found cap on Pietrangelo.
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Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:01 a.m.
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Sens aren't trading #3. If they wanted Marner truly, it might look like #5 + Connor Brown or Duclair or something like that + lower end prospect


Wrong. Conversations would start with Tkachuk
Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:04 a.m.
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Wrong. Conversations would start with Tkachuk


that too. I meant from the perspective of trading him for futures and cap
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Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.
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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason
Wrong. Conversations would start with Tkachuk


If you want Tkachuk, TOR has to add a lot
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Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:24 a.m.
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Ottawa says no way. It'd be going backwards in a rebuild. Ottawa would be basically paying a future elite center and a future cornerstone RH defense-man (who will both be on Entry-level deals and affordable so your logic of Melnyk being cheap is... flawed), for 5 years of Marner, 1 year of Freddie and a guy who hasn't cracked the NHL yet. The other thing is Gaborik's contract is insured so Melnyk basically pays a small percentage of his contract.

My offer for your cap troubles? Johnson, Holl and a 3rd for Balcers, Jaros and a 6th. Boom, two guys that make a combined 6.4 on the cap for two guys that you can sign to cheap 2 way deals that have NHL experience.

Or, alternatively: Batherson, Thompson and NYI 1st for Nylander straight up.
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Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:41 a.m.
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Columbus actually can keep both.... Merzlinkins is exempt from the expansion draft.... we have no reason. To trade Korpisalo for futures.
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Sep. 19, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.
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This would be a bad move for Ottawa.
Sep. 19, 2020 at 4:07 p.m.
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Edited Sep. 19, 2020 at 4:25 p.m.
I’m your friendly neighbourhood CBJ fan with a username that reminds people that Elvis Merzlikins is, in fact, exempt from the expansion draft.
 
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