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Created by: AnalyticsGeek

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 7, 2020

Published: Oct. 8, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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So these are my takeaways from the moves that have happened from Draft day.

I think after the Leafs drafted Amirov, Johnsson is as good as gone. Leafs analyst Kevin Pappetti stated that Amirov is a fast forechecking forward who is defensively responsible and obviously has good skill. He expects him to be NHL ready as early as next season and putting him on a line with Mikheyev could be dangerous.

I’m also really disappointed that DeMelo signed for only 3 Million in Winnipeg. For me, he was Toronto’s number 1 target. Another good option still available is Gudas, while Cernak and Weegar are possibilities via trade. However, I think they will go after Pietrangelo now and the only way to make it work is if Marner takes a fair deal which I’m not sure he’d be willing to do.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mikheyev, Ilya		1	$1,500,000
Dermott, Travis		1	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Simmonds, Wayne	1	$950,000
Pietrangelo, Alex	7	$8,000,000
Sheary, Conor	2	$950,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marner, Mitchell		1	$9,000,000
Amirov, Rodion		3	$925,000

Trades

TOR

2023 2nd round pick (FLA)

FLA

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
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$81,306,783	$0	$400,000	$193,217

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	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 $9,000,000$9,000,000
Amirov, Rodion $925,000$925,000	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $950,000$950,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Pietrangelo, Alex $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD UFA - 7	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	Dermott, Travis $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 2	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Sheary, Conor $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Amirov, R.		Kerfoot, A.		Robertson, N.
	Pietrangelo, A.		Spezza, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kerfoot, A.	Hyman, Z.
	Rielly, M.	Pietrangelo, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Engvall, P.	Mikheyev, I.
	Muzzin, J.	Dermott, T.

Oct. 8, 2020 at 9:06 p.m.

#26

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Well, there was a report from Pierre Lebrun that said Pietrangelo wanted a 6-7 year deal in the 50-60 million dollar range to sign in Toronto so that’s what I gave him.

Pure speculation, anything else would be considered tampering

Oct. 8, 2020 at 9:26 p.m.

#27

rangersandislesfan

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You can't just change Marner's contract.

Oct. 8, 2020 at 10:40 p.m.

#28

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Thanks for the feedback. I’m not sure Hamonic is good enough for a top 4 role in Toronto. His stats are pretty good & he’s gonna want 4-5 Million. My primary target was DeMelo, he signed in Winnipeg. Gudas has been pretty good historically. Could trade for Cernak or Weegar.

I would've loved to pick up demelo as well, imo they should've got him at the dead line this year. Cernak or Weegar are good options too, but that comes at the cost of some sort of asset.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 1:52 a.m.

#29

MMXD

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Amirov already? And where’s lehtonen and Barabanov?

Oct. 9, 2020 at 4:40 a.m.

#30

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Lehtonen is better than Dermott for sure.

I don't see a way to keep Dermott around.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

#31

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They are contenders but lots of question marks with Liljegren / Rosen / Amirov / Engvall all being expected to play playoff minutes with no experience.
One big injury to Marner/Matthews/Tavares/Andersen could de-rail them

Oct. 9, 2020 at 10:39 a.m.

#32

TMarch

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Taking away the obvious concerns (the non-reality of Marner's contract adjustment, the fact that Petro is probably going to VGK, Soupman is going to make more than 1.5, etc), I think this is much closer to a SCF contending team.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

#33

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Quoting: rangersandislesfan

You can't just change Marner's contract.

The Leafs can Terminate his current deal and make him sign a new one, but the obvious concern would be Marner’s camp doesn’t agree. Although it would be nice cuz it helps the team win.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

#34

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Quoting: Gordon_Bombay

Lehtonen is better than Dermott for sure.

I don't see a way to keep Dermott around.

We haven’t seen Lehtonen or Barabanov in NHL action yet so usually I don’t put them on my main roster. I don’t doubt that they’ll be blue chips, we just don’t know yet.

As for Dermott, his stats and on ice results playing a third pair role have been really good. I think your issue with him is that he makes the big mistake like a turnover or missed coverage but for the most part, he‘s been fine. It will be hard to keep him cuz of the logjam at LD, but I’m always open to the idea of putting him on a pair with Muzzin while he takes a prove it deal like DeAngelo.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

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Quoting: McRanteskog

Quoting: TMarch

Thanks for the feedback. I think the talent is there on paper for this team to make a deep run. Maybe not the deepest team and there’ll be questions about whether or not Dermott a top 4 role, overall they are stacked enough.

Oct. 9, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

#36

Gordon_Bombay

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Lehtonen shows that he is ready to step into a top 4 role in the NHL.

And for Barabanov, expect a Komarov type of player and not a Panarin. He is not the tallest, but stands on his skates very well, low centre of gravity and has a very good motor. works hard. Don't expect anything more than a bottom 6 forward, but I think he can be a very good 4th liner

Oct. 9, 2020 at 1:24 p.m.

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Quoting: Gordon_Bombay

Thanks for the insight. Seems like Dubas picked up 2 excellent players.

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