the fact that squilliam 'charmin ultrasoft' floatlander is still on your active roster negates all of the other additions

It's a proven fact teams that are good don't need to hit as much because they have the puck more...
Sure the leafs are softer than they maybe should be, but a complete overhaul isn't needed.
Matt Martin on line one isn't going to go well either...

The Trade Dead Line has passed.

This is next year.

Oh Ok. Didn't really see that.

Truculence testosterone pugnacity and belligerence.

more rielly hating sigh

This actually isn't rielly hating, just tryna make the team tougher

No thanks, I rather keep Khaira. He’s been good this year.

Thats why i was thinking of acquiring Ross Johnston to be an enforcer on that line, but i think foligno can handle it

I know Khaira has been good, I like him.

I'll upgrade the 6th to a couple higher picks

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not....

So i’m just gonna leave this alone

By making it worse...

I have been concerned of this for 45 years BUT this year I think they actually have balance.

My spin on your lineup would be:
Martin couldn't keep up with the 4th liners on the Leafs years ago and basically got benched the remainder of the year. He is older and just as slow now and the Leafs are flying. I would leave Hyman up there as they aren't playing against goon lines of other teams and when a 4th line is caught out there against them...well... Matthews, Marner and Hyman eat them for lunch speed/skill-wise.

I love Nick Foligno and all but if the Leafs are trading Rielly and Kerfoot for assets then I think you are going after the wrong Foligno. Although Sandin can't touch Rielly's skill and offence at this point, I can see Sandin growing into that role in the next couple of years. 30 year old 6'3" 223 LBS Marcus Foligno is the guy you overpay for to play with Tavares and Nylander. He can fight as well as any in the league like Tom Wilson, can score like Tom Wilson but isn't a selfish hothead like Tom Wilson. Oh and he is signed for $3.1 MIL instead of almost $5.2 MIL.

Looking for 3rd line toughness ? 6'2" Barclay Goodrow will be hitting the UFA market and as a depth player scoring between 6-8 goals per regular season, a little over 50% at the faceoff dot but only 1-2 goals per year in over 20+ playoff games the last 2 playoffs he should be worth around an Engvall salary-wise but might hit Mikheyev numbers. Any contract much more than that is hitting David Clarkson levels of salary stupidity. He might get it but it would be a HUGE overpay that could be more effectively allocated elsewhere.

4th line had you remove Simmonds 7 goals for Reaves 1 goal and Khaira's 3 goals. You also removed Spezza's 10 goals, 30 points and phenomenal faceoff % to make room. Since Simmonds will probably sign for almost a 1/3 of what Reaves and Khaira make for less offensive production I think I would leave that 4th line as status quo.

On defence I would stay clear of Gudas and his bloated contract versus his level of talent. I do agree that he hits but Bogosian is a better fighter and comparable skill-wise but would make less than HALF of Gudas.

Love Oleksiak and would sign him longer than 2 years if we get a chance to actually pull him away from Dallas.

So my fantasy lines would be:
Hyman / Matthews / Marner
M Foligno (TRADE) / Tavares / Nyander (Try a 3 way with another team and trade ANYONE not in this lineup including top prospect Robertson, Rielly, etc)
Mikheyev / Goodrow (UFA) / Nash
Brooks / Spezza / Simmonds
Muzzin / Brodie
Oleksiak (UFA) / Holl
Sandin / Bogosian

Keeping all the skilled forwards and defence but replacing depth players with toughness with 1 trade and 2 UFA signings.

I really don't think the leafs need to be tougher as long as they're "gritty". I'm quite content with guys like Foligno, Hyman, Muzzin, even Matthews. Tough enough, hard on the puck, etc

But if you want to toughen the team up your changes essentially haven't accomplished squat.

You are totally kidding yourself thinking Martin is a first liner or gudas is a first pairing defenseman (and Sandin??)

So essentially what you've done is made the third pairing and fourth line tougher. That doesn't increase team toughness because they're barely on the ice and not good enough to be on the ice when it matters.

If you want roughness you don't pick up a token fourth liner.

You spend the cost to get impact tough players (too 6 forwards, top 4 d men)

Wait did you just try to put a guy with 4 goals and 5 points in 58 career games your 3c????

I like where you are getting at with Uncle Moose, i think the cap might complicate that but he certainly wouldn't be a bad choice for Tavares/Nylander or Matthews/Marner

Dont think Goodrow would make a really good centerman, maybe Cizikas??

You are right maybe i should have picked Simmonds over Khaira. I think Spezza will retire after this season so Reaves works IMO

I think Sandin-Gudas would be a good pair, but you are right in terms of bogosian's leadership and what he can do on and off the ice

I do think dallas might wanna keep Oleksiak, but maybe somewhere around 4M pulls him away??

There is some players I would love on the leafs. Brady tkachuk is one. Frederic is another one. One is 100% unreasonable.

About the team tho. No Khaira. I like Reeves. Take out Martin for galchenyuk. No gudas. Try to sign Savard. Need Jason spezza and Hutch in over VV or sign a G. Maybe not sign oleksiak for the cap space to do said things

And it's acutally a decent trade compared to EDMs 1sts and 3rds

Bringing back Matt Martin is a good move. I think you could get Reaves without giving a 3rd probably for way cheaper. I don’t think you could get Khaira easily from Edmonton he’s pretty valuable for Edmonton

Agreed mostly.

I know Frederic's so bad!