Swap Marner and Nylander

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Created by: RangerWall92

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 17, 2021

Published: Feb. 17, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$81,500,000	$78,649,741	$0	$0	$2,850,259

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	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000$1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Galchenyuk, Alex $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Spezza, Jason $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1
		Boyd, Travis $700,000$700,000 C, RW 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	Hutchinson, Michael $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 2
Lehtonen, Mikko $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Dermott, Travis $874,125$874,125 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
		Simmonds, Wayne $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Woll, Joseph $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA - 1
Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Bogosian, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD NTC UFA - 1
Petan, Nicolas $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Sabourin, Scott $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW UFA - 1
Vesey, Jimmy $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1

Feb. 17, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

Ryminister_27

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Worst idea possible.

You don't take away from your greatest strength, to address a struggle. Tavares and Nylander have shown before to be good together. They're fine. Matthews and Marner have wanted to play together for a long time and they're absolutely killing it. Top goal scorer in the league and both top 6 in points. You'd piss them off for no reason and lose production.

Top line remains untouched.

Feb. 17, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

ZachHymanForTheHart

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yes. let’s break apart the deadliest duo in the league this year ..

I, for one, do not like that idea

Feb. 17, 2021 at 12:26 p.m.

MatthewsFan

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Won’t kill you for having an opinion like most Leaf fans do. Personally I’m mixed on this idea:
On one hand we legitimately have the one of top lines in the league that can score at will almost and dominate every shift they take. Can put anyone on that wing with Matthews Marner and they will succeed.
But with JT and Nylander taking a more conservative approach to offence this year and concentrating more on the d-zone, they gave up one more goal than they scored with the Nylander and JT on the ice last year. There offence has really struggled. The pair has struggled to create scoring chances at the same rate that they did in 2019-2020, generating just 2.47 expected goals per 60 at even strength – down from 3.22 last season.

IMO Matthews can play with anyone and not lose a beat. JT had he’s best season as a pro when paired with Marner. So to your point it wouldn’t be the worst idea ever to try and recreate that form those two had.

Feb. 17, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

Barilko14

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I'd prefer to give Hyman a few games to try and help that 2nd line before splitting up the dynamic duo.

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Feb. 17, 2021 at 12:42 p.m.

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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Quoting: Barilko14

I'd prefer to give Hyman a few games to try and help that 2nd line before splitting up the dynamic duo.

Especially since JT and Nylander are playing good, massive improvement at defence at the cost of some offence. It's all blown out of proportion nonsense.

Feb. 17, 2021 at 1:24 p.m.

aadoyle

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Quoting: Ryminister_27

in general im not concerned. People said the 2nd line was not doing anything yet Tavares had a 15 game point streak. Nylander went cold yes but still got 4 goals and 4 assists and had looked dangerous at times, Keefe will sort that out. At least its not Zibanajad bad like jesus. Who knows maybe Gal will spark something for him and they will develop chemistry.

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