The Leafs have to move away from William Floatlander

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Created by: TheLeafsSeason

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 3, 2020

Published: Dec. 3, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I am a Nylander supporter, but he is not a playoff performer. Everyone knows that

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Duclair, Anthony		3	$3,000,000
Martin, Matt		1	$1,000,000

Trades

TOR

CAR

Holl, Justin
Nylander, William
2021 1st 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
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	$80,928,209	$0	$0	$571,791

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	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Duclair, Anthony $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Martinook, Jordan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1
	Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1	Martin, Matt $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Pesce, Brett $4,025,000$4,025,000 RD UFA - 4	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	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 4	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $874,125$874,125 LD/RD UFA - 1	Bogosian, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 2		Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Dec. 3, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

#26

DartGuy86

backcheck>paycheck

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

Then how do the Leafs upgrade their defense if they keep both. They can't.

Well, to start, they did upgrade their D this off season and we haven’t seen how it looks yet, but even if it’s similar to last year(it won’t be), upgrading defenders at the cost of playing 3rd liners in your top 6 doesn’t make you a better team. As a fan, cross your fingers that the dmen in the organization all take a step this year and their FA signings pay dividends.

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

#27

Barilko14

In Pridham we trust

Joined: May 2015

Posts: 3,589

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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

Then how do the Leafs upgrade their defense if they keep both. They can't.

Sign T.J. Brodie.

Draft.

Develop (Sandin, Dermott, Liljegren, etc.).

Grasp the new (and hopefully improved) system of team defence implemented by our coaching staff.

Defence is not only the responsibility of the 6 dmen dressed, right?

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

#28

TheLeafsSeason

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Quoting: Barilko14

Sign T.J. Brodie.

Draft.

Develop (Sandin, Dermott, Liljegren, etc.).

Liljegren is a bust

Dec. 3, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

#29

DartGuy86

backcheck>paycheck

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 416

Likes: 194

Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

Then how do the Leafs upgrade their defense if they keep both. They can't.

The only trade I see the Leafs accepting for Nylander is one where they get back 2 young 25 goal wingers that fit under the cap... in other words, happen ain’t gonna.

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 1:01 p.m.

#30

BigDaddyOvech

Save Ukrane, end war

Joined: Sep. 2020

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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

You are aware Marner was on pace for 93 points right? You can easily replace a potential 40 goal scorer than as to a 93 point playmaker. Moving away from Marner to keep Nylander is calling for failure. I would genuinely hope the Leafs trade Matthews if Marner is gone

If 40 goal scorers are so easy to come by why doesn't every team have one? there was only 5- 40 goal scorers last year, 13 the year before and only a very short list of players who can score at that pace consistently.

There's been lots of great points in earlier comments why trading Nylander is not necessary for a marginal upgrade on paper at Defense. Look at how good Holl was last year compared to the year before. I know he's not Elite but his progression was notable. I'd rather bet on Lehtonen, Dermott, Holl or Sandin to step in and play bigger minutes and keep Nylander.

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 1:26 p.m.

#31

Barilko14

In Pridham we trust

Joined: May 2015

Posts: 3,589

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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason

Liljegren is a bust

Could be.

They only need him to be a 6th if the others play well.

So of Liljegren busts, they sign a cheap 6th.

No roads lead to Nylander being moved to "save the defence".

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

#32

Theozler

Joined: Sep. 2020

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Quoting: Rangsey

Alex Ovechkin was "not a playoff performer" and now he has a Conn Smythe. Nylander is only 24 and you cant blame him for not being a playoff performer when the whole team hasn't performed in the playoffs.

Ovie was never horrible in playoffs, he just always tried to do way too much, on that cup run you can really notice he simplified his game when it called for it.

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Dec. 3, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

#33

chungus

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Edited Dec. 3, 2020 at 7:10 p.m.

Quoting: Barbs

Just gonna wait here patiently for a Lyle Bubas chart to be posted

------Last 82 games played | 5v5 (85% of each game on average)------
--------------Point - 1225:25:00 TOI | 20g 36a 56p | $6.750Mx2-----------------
-----------Connor - 1307:26:00 TOI | 29g 25a 54p | $7.143Mx6-----------------
-------------Barzal - 1362:18:00 TOI | 14g 35a 49p | RFA---------------------------
-------Nylander - 1217:33:00 TOI | 23g 25a 48p | $6.960Mx4----------------
-----M. Tkachuk - 1200:42:00 TOI | 20g 28a 48p | $7.000Mx2----------------
-------------Eichel - 1392:15:00 TOI | 22g 24a 46p | $10.000Mx6--------------
------Pettersson - 1165:54:00 TOI | 19g 25a 44p | ELC--------------------------
----------------Hall - 1245:21:00 TOI | 13g 31a 44p | $8.000Mx1---------------
----------------Aho - 1197:33:00 TOI | 21g 21a 42p | $8.454Mx4---------------
-------Gaudreau - 1262:30:00 TOI | 14g 27a 41p | $6.750Mx2----------------
--------------Laine - 1255:46:00 TOI | 15g 24a 39p | $6.750Mx1---------------
--------Rantanen - 1256:54:00 TOI | 15g 21a 36p | $9.250Mx5---------------
------Landeskog - 1285:16:00 TOI | 16g 19a 35p | $5.571Mx1---------------
---------Hoffman - 1043:21:00 TOI | 15g 18a 33p | UFA--------------------------
----------Wheeler - 1204:15:00 TOI | 14g 19a 33p | $8.250Mx4----------------
------------------trading nylander would be a horrible idea--------------------

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