Moves I wish the Leafs made and never made

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Initial Creation Date: Oct. 15, 2021

Published: Oct. 15, 2021

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Team Explanation

1) Give Marner what he wanted rather a fair amount ($8M) and not signing him to a bridge deal or max term
2) Not playing Nylander with Matthews
3) Trading Dermott and Johnsson for Weegar
4) Trading Kadri
5) Not keeping McCann
6) Re-signing Dermott
7) Trading Mason Marchment for who?
8) Not giving Matthews either a bridge deal or the max term. Leafs will have to consider trading him next season

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marner, Mitch		8	$8,000,000

Trades

TOR

McCann, Jared

Additional Details:

Taking Holl over McCann

SEA

Holl, Justin

TOR

Weegar, MacKenzie

FLA

Dermott, Travis

Additional Details:

+ Johnsson

TOR

Kadri, Nazem

COL

Kerfoot, Alexander

Retained Salary Transactions

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

DRAFT YEAR	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5	ROUND 6	ROUND 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$81,500,000	$80,175,116	$0	$400,000	$1,324,884

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $950,000 LW UFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Nylander, William $6,962,366 RW, LW UFA - 3
McCann, Jared $2,940,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Marner, Mitch $8,000,000
Ritchie, Nick $2,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000 C NTC UFA - 1	Kase, Ondrej $1,250,000 RW UFA - 1
Simmonds, Wayne $900,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $1,500,000 C UFA - 2	Spezza, Jason $750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Mrázek, Petr $3,800,000 G NTC UFA - 3
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Weegar, MacKenzie $3,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167 LD RFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000 RW UFA - 4
		Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000 LW, C UFA - 1
		Mikheyev, Ilya $1,645,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Oct. 15, 2021 at 8:19 a.m.

Hammerwise

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And yet, still a pretty capped out team with just 19 skaters and pretty meh depth

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 8:32 a.m.

Leafs09

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Marner should have got 9
then take Ritchie out and MIkheyev or Engvall would fit fine in there.
Other Than that this team is much better then what's out there now.

Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

VijayPatel11

In Zito We Trust

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The Florida trade wasn't going to happen, Zito declined it

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:18 a.m.

palhal

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Quoting: Hammerwise

And yet, still a pretty capped out team with just 19 skaters and pretty meh depth

I betcha 95% of Leafs posts do not have 22 or 23 man roster. All that effort to make trades and then to conclude with such an impractical roster shakes head

I thought the site was "CapFriendly", not "I'm going to acquire any players I want"

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:32 a.m.

MrDinkiee

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Sweet Lou

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Quoting: VijayPatel11

The Florida trade wasn't going to happen, Zito declined it

Wrong, the Panthers were asking for Dermott and Johnsson according to Friedman. Dubas was the one to decline the trade

https://www.markerzone.com/news/?34452

Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:35 a.m.

MrDinkiee

Thread Starter

Sweet Lou

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Quoting: VijayPatel11

The Florida trade wasn't going to happen, Zito declined it

Friedman & Marek talking about how well MacKenzie Weegar is playing for Florida. Marek brings up how Dubas was interested in him in the offseason, Friedman said they wanted Dermott and Johnsson in a deal, Toronto said no. #LeafsForever #FlaPanthers
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) February 19, 2021

Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:37 a.m.

Saskleaf

Always next year

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Quoting: MrDinkiee

Actually, the Panthers were asking for Dermott and Johnsson according to Friedman. Dubas was the one to decline the trade thinking he could get more for both players

https://www.markerzone.com/news/?34452

Quoting: VijayPatel11

The Florida trade wasn't going to happen, Zito declined it

Can't find the quote/article, but I think I saw CJ's said it WAS the panthers who declined the trade. Maybe you have something to say vijay.

Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:38 a.m.

MrDinkiee

Thread Starter

Sweet Lou

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Quoting: Saskleaf

Can't find the quote/article, but I think I saw CJ's said it WAS the panthers who declined the trade. Maybe you have something to say vijay.

Friedman & Marek talking about how well MacKenzie Weegar is playing for Florida. Marek brings up how Dubas was interested in him in the offseason, Friedman said they wanted Dermott and Johnsson in a deal, Toronto said no. #LeafsForever #FlaPanthers
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) February 19, 2021

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:43 a.m.

Saskleaf

Always next year

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Quoting: MrDinkiee

Friedman & Marek talking about how well MacKenzie Weegar is playing for Florida. Marek brings up how Dubas was interested in him in the offseason, Friedman said they wanted Dermott and Johnsson in a deal, Toronto said no. #LeafsForever #FlaPanthers
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) February 19, 2021

I know, I saw when Friedman said that.
But he also said Mikheyev requested a trade and Mikheyev himself said he didn't request a trade.

But I very well could be wrong.

Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:46 a.m.

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MrDinkiee

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Sweet Lou

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Quoting: Saskleaf

I know, I saw when Friedman said that.
But he also said Mikheyev requested a trade and Mikheyev himself said he didn't request a trade.

But I very well could be wrong.

Why would Mikheyev admit that he requested a trade to the fans and the media? It's like players saying that they don't think their team is good. They will never say something like that publicly or that they aren't happy to be on the team

Oct. 15, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

#11

Random2152

Just Keep Swimming

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Quoting: Saskleaf

I know, I saw when Friedman said that.
But he also said Mikheyev requested a trade and Mikheyev himself said he didn't request a trade.

But I very well could be wrong.

One of the computer boys confirmed that the Weegar trade was never even considered and was declined by Zito. OP is as usual, talking out his ass

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 10:46 a.m.

#12

PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood

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Grittttt!!!

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Oct. 15, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

#13

SadlyAnOilFan

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It was a mistake to not sign Matthews and Marner to 8 year deals, and it was a mistake to sign them for near McDavid money, Marner especially. Matthews at around 11 and Marner at 8.5-9 would have been much more reasonable, and left more room for another top6 F or top 4 D on your roster.

I agree with the Colorado and Florida deals, it seems like there were 2 mistakes there.

The Seattle one doesn’t make much sense to me because there was no way to protect McCann without paying the 1st and 3rd Seattle wanted.

Oct. 15, 2021 at 6:02 p.m.

#14

Saskleaf

Always next year

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Quoting: MrDinkiee

They don't publicity come out and request a trade right to the media, but they don't deny that they requested a trade when asked though, either.

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