Put Byron on the taxi squad. He won't get claimed anyway

Why not just put the players who deserve to be on the team.....on the team. And accept that you might lose a player, who you didn't feel was good enough to be on your roster, to waivers.

Romanov put in the work. He put in a crap ton of work. He should be rewarded for that and allowed to continue developing, not dumped onto the taxi squad.

What kind of message does this send players when a team doesn't award spots based on who actually deserves them? Imagine not just being the player who should be on the team, but isn't. But imagine being the player who shouldn't, but is. Knowing that all your teammates know that the team is not as good as it should be because you are on it. (This has been something I have been disgusted with the Leafs over for years now - not just with the waivers, but where they sign free wallets from Europe and those players are guaranteed a spot whether they deserve it or not and every prospect who has busted their ass knows what they did during the offseason and what they do in camp is completely irrelevant - great way to build a team that goes out and gives 100% every night).

Put frolik on waivers... if he gets picked up then whatever at least we are cap compliant

I have said this many times already most likely Montreal runs 11F 7 D 2G and 1 Extra

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Drouin-Suzuki-Anderson
Taffoli-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Byron-Lehkonen
Chiarot-Weber
Edmundson-Petry
Kulak-Romanov
Mete
Price
Allen
Perry
That leaves 708691 cap space
Evans is waiver exempt so Taxi Squad for a weekish. Frolik on waivers as Perry is more likely to be claimed. We will also only have a 4 man Taxi Squad on game days with 2 of Romanov, Suzuki and KK moving to taxi squad on off days to build daily cap.

I agree with this, although I don't see 7D being a strategy that works in the regular season outside of the odd game.

I was thinking 1st week only we only need to build about 41k cap space to add Evans to the 4th line.