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Created by: mauston_atthews

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 4, 2021

Published: Jan. 4, 2021

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I’m going to explain the first line to everyone. Thornton is an amazing playmaker, and he is still that even at his age. Him playing with Matthews in marner for the entire game will not work obviously he will likely play 14 to 15 minutes a night and someone else will fill in the rest. If they do this Joe Thornton will be very effective and could pick up quite a bit of points, marner may potentially attach a goal scoring touch to his game he has said he would like to improve that. The second line is interesting, and I have to be honest I did not expect it at all. There are three goal scores on this line and I think it would be a very good offence of line for sure. The third line of Mikheyev kerfoot and Hyman is a very good third line 1st and second liner plus a good third line centre, this would be a very good two way, annoying, and chippy line, I love it. The fourth line is what it is, not a big deal. The d pairings are what they are, and it’s pretty much what I’ve expected. Lehtonen will definitely get some games, but this is what they’re trying now. Of course, this could all change, but I love it.

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Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$81,500,000	$80,149,741	$0	$0	$1,350,259

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Thornton, Joe $700,000$700,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Vesey, Jimmy $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	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
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	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

Taxi Squad
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW RFA - 4
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($175,000$175K$175,000$175K) RW, LW UFA - 2
Anderson, Joey $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 3
Dell, Aaron $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 2

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:33 p.m.

dzad96

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No player enjoys inconsistent line-mates. You want a line of three you can roll together with all night.

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.

Bcarlo25

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I think this team will do well until they have to cross the border.

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:51 p.m.

mauston_atthews

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Quoting: dzad96

No player enjoys inconsistent line-mates. You want a line of three you can roll together with all night.

Quoting: dzad96

No player enjoys inconsistent line-mates. You want a line of three you can roll together with all night.

They’re not gonna do this every game

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Jan. 4, 2021 at 6:11 p.m.

pharrow

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No better way to slow down Matthews' line than to put Thornton on it.
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Jan. 4, 2021 at 6:25 p.m.

Byrr

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Quoting: Bcarlo25

I think this team will do well until they have to cross the border.

Sounds good to me, we'll just have the playoffs in Canada again.

Jan. 4, 2021 at 7:42 p.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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Quoting: pharrow

No better way to slow down Matthews' line than to put Thornton on it.
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The North.

Doesn't effect the speed Matthews plays with. Under Keefe they have a different style than the North South game under Babs. Thorton would be fine and really he isn't exactly slow he just has no acceleration anymore. Same with Spezza, it takes a while to pick up speed but once they are at a full clip they can cover space. With that in mind, in their system, Spezza often takes the puck up ice but it happens after he goes behind his own net and then picks up speed before a defenceman passes it off when he's at full speed. Thorton may so similar things but more than likely, the team will circle back and wait for Matthews, Marner, Brodie, or Rielly to enter the zone with possession and start a cycle which is how Keefe likes them to play. Hold onto the puck and wait for opportunities. Once they are down low, Thorton is still very effective.

Personally I'd sooner see Nylander with them since he's a better goal scorer and then Marner can be the main setup guy for JT and whoever plays on that line.

Jan. 5, 2021 at 1:18 a.m.

aadoyle

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Quoting: pharrow

No better way to slow down Matthews' line than to put Thornton on it.
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The North.

Thorton wont slow him down, being one of the best passers in the NHL thorton will drive play allowing for Matthews and Marner to have better opportunities to score.

Jan. 5, 2021 at 11:54 a.m.

pharrow

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Quoting: aadoyle

Thorton wont slow him down, being one of the best passers in the NHL thorton will drive play allowing for Matthews and Marner to have better opportunities to score.

Live look in of Thorton on the ice
https://d302e0npexowb4.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/30132356/Overcoming-the-Barriers-Istanbul-wheelchairs-on-ice-rink.jpg

He's slow as hell.

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