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Created by: AnalyticsGeek

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 3, 2020

Published: Dec. 4, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

With a flat cap being the most likely possibility for 2021-22, the Leafs may find difficulty keeping the big 4 while upgrading their team. The biggest need is a number 1 goaltender as they can't afford to retain the services of Andersen who will cost in the 6-7 million range. Getting a 2RD would improve the team as well.

Matthews and Tavares are untouchable. Marner is the one they'd like to move but no team has interest in him, so they'd have to move Nylander for an ELC player to clear cap space for those signings. It also leaves around 4 million to give Rielly a new deal the following season.

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hyman, Zach	8	$3,500,000
Grubauer, Philipp	3	$4,300,000
Oleksiak, Jamie	5	$4,000,000
Martin, Matt	2	$800,000
Rowney, Carter	2	$800,000
Rutta, Jan	2	$800,000
Abdelkader, Justin	1	$800,000

Trades

TOR

Seattle Expansion Draft

Additional Details:

*Leafs only do this if Lafreniere becomes a blue chip

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$77,642,417	$0	$3,250,000	$3,857,583

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 4
Robertson, Nicholas $796,667$796,667 LW, RW RFA - 3	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Hyman, Zach $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Martin, Matt $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Rowney, Carter $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Anderson, Joey $750,000$750,000 RW RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Grubauer, Philipp $4,300,000$4,300,000 G UFA - 6
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Oleksiak, Jamie $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 5	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Abdelkader, Justin $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA
Rutta, Jan $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Hyman, Z.		Kerfoot, A.		Robertson, N.
	Liljegren, T.		Sandin, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Rowney, C.	Hyman, Z.
	Muzzin, J.	Brodie, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Engvall, P.	Mikheyev, I.
	Sandin, R.	Oleksiak, J.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

AnalyticsGeek

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Do you guys think the team I built is strong enough to win the cup?

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:04 p.m.

sens65

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Why the actual f*** would NYR even answer the phone for that?

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:05 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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That Rangers trade is insulting.

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Hidalgo

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NYR would never, but ya I think this team could do it but like always it just depends if they can get their s**t together and play to their potential

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

yikes

EklundCelebriniSmith

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Rangers would decline. They’d rather see what laf becomes which could easily be better than nylander. The other adds to make it enticing to accept

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

sensibleguy

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Do you guys think the team I built is strong enough to win the cup?

It’s not enough for Lafreniere. Doesn’t need more pieces, needs better pieces.

BTW, Lafreniere is a blue chip.

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

mhockey91

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try adding Marner and Rielly then NYR MIGHT consider it

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:14 p.m.

MitchMarner_16

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New york would NEVER ever ever ever ever ever ever ever even answer the phone for that.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

SlickWilly

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Idk. The team isnt really that different. Laf's first two years of production probably wont surpass that of Nylanders next two, and I think signing Oleksiak to 4M in exchange for Grubauer over Freddy is kind of a lateral swap when Lehtonen is probably gonna take that spot anyway.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

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Just the team itself without looking at the quality of the trade. I'd question whether this team is better than it was last year. Laf is great long term FOR SURE, but Brodie and JO while nice pieces aren't huge pieces. Both are overpaid for what they provide IMO. Also Grubauer isn't an improvement over Freddie. I actually think Freddie is the better goalie...just that he was WAY over worked last year. AND that's more a Keefe problem than Babs. Statistically Keefe relied on him more which is stupid crazy because that was a huge problem to begin with.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

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Bcarlo25

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Uhhhh pretty sure leaf is blue chip already.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

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hahaha I'm betting Leafs fans would have said the same thing about a player drafted in the top 5 - I think the Rangers take the chance on Laf turning into a better player than Nylander. Also hard not to mention the value proposition of a cost-controlled ELC contract (with negotiating rights until 27) as being very valuable to a competing team.

Nylander's a stud, though. I hope he turns into Toronto's 2C should Tavares regress (and turn into a winger).

Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

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AndrewLadd

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Not gonna look at the trades, others will do that for me, but tbh this leafs team is worse than the current one

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

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Quoting: sensibleguy

It’s not enough for Lafreniere. Doesn’t need more pieces, needs better pieces.

BTW, Lafreniere is a blue chip.

Nylander, great piece, abramov great piece. Exactly what type of pieces are you looking for? Lol.

Rangers aren’t trading lafreniere because teams aren’t offering more than this.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

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I don’t think NYR are in the business of looking at any offer for Laf. Unless the player returning is in the likes of McDavid. As unrealistic of trade that would be. The kid is being projected to put up stamkos possibly ovechkin type numbers. In 2016 the leafs wouldn’t have traded Matthew’s for anything less than McDavid or Crosby. Just as a comparison.

8 year term for Hyman is too much. But maybe it will be what’s required to keep the AAV lower.

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

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GenXHockey

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Oleksiak Grubauer and the remaining 3.8m = 12.1m or in other words... enough for nylander and Andersen.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

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Quoting: sens65

Why the actual f*** would NYR even answer the phone for that?

Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

That Rangers trade is insulting.

Quoting: MitchMarner_16

New york would NEVER ever ever ever ever ever ever ever even answer the phone for that.

Quoting: PhillyDip123

Quoting: mhockey91

try adding Marner and Rielly then NYR MIGHT consider it

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I feel the trade is fair value wise and it fits New York’s needs. They are overloaded at LW with both Kreider and Panarin signed long term. So it would make sense for them to trade Lafreniere for a 1C in Nylander. They also get a top prospect and pick.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:34 p.m.

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Quoting: Jamiepo

Oleksiak Grubauer and the remaining 3.8m = 12.1m or in other words... enough for nylander and Andersen.

I guess you can keep both guys like that. But you wouldn’t have enough cap space for a guy like Dermott or Lehtonen to be the 2RD.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:37 p.m.

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Quoting: faulkmydzingel

Thanks for the feedback. I feel given NYR’s situation, they could use Nylander more than Lafreniere. They are stacked at LW with Kreider & Panarin locked long term, what they need is a center.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Lafreniere is the least likely of those three to be traded. He's the youngest, is (currently) the cheapest and could end up being a long term franchise player for them.

Nylander won't be a 1C. He's been tested in centre roles in Toronto and hasn't been convincing enough to move off of wing. No one is going to trade for Nylander to play centre, and especially not for their best prospect in a generation.

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

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GenXHockey

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

I guess you can keep both guys like that. But you wouldn’t have enough cap space for a guy like Dermott or Lehtonen to be the 2RD.

Neither did you... I would put Lilly there.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

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GenXHockey

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Quoting: mondo

He plays great at centre... we have Tavares and Matthews though.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

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Quoting: SlickWilly

Thanks for the feedback. I think Lafreniere has a higher ceiling than Nylander (he put up better numbers in the Q than MacKinnon on a worse team). Put him on a line with Marner & Tavares, it’s not unreasonable to think he’ll get 80 points.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Nylander isn’t a a 1C

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Dec. 4, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

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Quoting: Jamiepo

Neither did you... I would put Lilly there.

Maybe Lilly will be ready by 2021/22. He’s got a long way to go though cuz this upcoming season, it doesn’t seem like he’ll have a roster spot on opening night.

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