If They Kept Kadri

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Created by: AnalyticsGeek

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 8, 2020

Published: Dec. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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One thing I always wonder is why the Leafs didn't try Kadri at wing after signing Tavares.

If I recall correctly, in 2017/18, the Leafs played Marner down the middle and Kadri on the wing for 40 games. During that stretch Marner scored at a 90 point pace and Kadri scored at a 40 goal pace. If they put him on LW with Tavares and Marner in 2018/19, I think he would've hit career highs again rather than slumping as the 3C which he never seemed to fit.

If the Leafs kept Kadri, I feel they would've resigned Jake Gardiner because they still needed a top 4 defenceman as a result of not getting Barrie. Prioritizing those 2 guys would've left a lack of cap space to lock Marner long term, so he would've had to take a bridge deal worth 8-9 million.

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kadri, Nazem	2	$4,500,000
Gardiner, Jake	3	$4,050,000
Cousins, Nick	2	$1,500,000
Marner, Mitchell	2	$8,000,000

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	$81,368,408	$0	$0	$131,592

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $8,000,000$8,000,000
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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Cousins, Nick $1,500,000$1,500,000	Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
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	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $874,125$874,125 LD/RD UFA - 1	Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Boyd, Travis $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1		Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1		Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
		Bogosian, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 1
		Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3
		Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1
		Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Special Teams

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

Power Play 2
Nylander, W.		Thornton, J.		Robertson, N.
	Spezza, J.		Gardiner, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Cousins, N.	Mikheyev, I.
	Muzzin, J.	Brodie, T.

Penalty Kill 2
	Mikheyev, I.	Hyman, Z.
	Dermott, T.	Gardiner, J.

Dec. 11, 2020 at 1:24 p.m.

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Quoting: faulkmydzingel

Real hockey fans know the value of Tavares and what he brings to the table. There too many people (on here especially) that only look at points for stats. These are the same people saying Draisaitl is better than the likes of Crosby and Mackinnon. Drai is good. But he’s not quite a player who changes the game at both ends of the ice. Much like Point. He is great. And will likely be a top centre in most of his career. But let the kid grow before comparing him to some of these guys.

Well said.

Dec. 11, 2020 at 1:41 p.m.

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Quoting: MitchMarnerElite

Yes I agree. The thing is, Tavares was averaging 35 goals and 78 points per 82 games during his time with NYI. I feel that is more impressive than Point because he was playing with guys like Okposo and Moulson whereas Point gets to play with Kucherov and Stamkos.

I asked this because I feel people have been writing off Tavares as a top player for some reason, very few people outside Toronto rate him.

I'd say actually it's toronto fans who under rate him the most. Somehow some leafs fans have gotten this weird idea that signing him was a mistake, and that he's overpayed. Neither of these things are true at the moment (in 5 years, yes he will be overpayed, but right now he is worth all his 11 mil without a doubt).

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