Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 14, 2020

Published: Oct. 14, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Few things to mention before people scorch some of the moves.

Engvall trade imo is fair value for a developed bottom 6 C/LW with great skating and P.K. ability and cost control for 2 years. (Pick could be shaved to 5th or 6th but the Yotes have minimal top round picks in upcoming drafts which have a higher chance of turning into roster players, which Engvall already is.)

Mikeyev signing is based off of Athletic article that alluded to Mikeyev actually getting less going to arb, than people initially projected. Though he performed well, his 39 game sample size due to injury may actually benefit Leafs as he enters Arbitration. (Ive read the comparable deals vary from 900k-1.2m)

Dermott signed to a bridge/prove it deal. He hasn’t done much to garner more than bottom pair salary (As Bogosian has shown its approx 1m, or slightly higher for 2 yr deal in Dermott’s case)

Roster size:
-Initially I had Roberston on 4th line with Soezza and Barabanov as “scoring” option, with the 3rd line being designed as more of a checking role. Though, I can’t find a way that the leafs carry 21 skaters and have a suspicion they wont move guys like Kerfoot or Holl. Having 20 still allows them to have extra D and FW depth, and flexibility to bring people up from AHL if injuries happen.

As for Robertson i’m interested to see what league he can play in/if there are any exceptions for NHL prospects this year due to pandemic. (ie. if OHL doesn’t play, can he then play AHL if their league resumes)