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TML - Taking advantage of TB's tight cap?

Created by: dls9

Team: 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 12, 2017

Published: Mar. 12, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The leafs could very well use their cap space and TB's lack of cap space to strong arm them into losing a very good, young player who would fit Toronto's timeline perfectly. Looking at Tampa's roster for the upcoming season, we see that they have to re-sign the trio of Drouin, Johnson and Palat to longer contracts. Palat and Johnson currently make 3.33 Mil/yr, and would definitely be looking for an increase in salary, most likely in the 4.5-5 million dollar range. Furthermore, Hedman's 7.85 Mil and Vasilevskiy's 3.5 Mil both kick in at the beginning of next season, on top of Stamkos's 8.5 Mil., Kucherov's 4.76 Mil and Callahan's 5.8 Mil. Clearly, this team is very pressed against the cap.

Toronto could make an Offer Sheet to TB for Drouin for 6 Million. This forces TB to either match the offer sheet and be unable to re-sign Johnson and Palat, or decide to NOT match the offer, and take the draft pick compensation. Toronto has no need for the 2018 picks, as their core is stable already.

The rest is pretty self explanatory. Brodin for JVR plus picks (w/ 2 mil retained) - Minnesota has a surplus of deference, and Brodin fits the timeline for the Maple Leafs to be competitive.

As for Toronto's cap struggles come the following year, not resigning Bozak and Komorov frees up cap space for when it comes to sign Matthews and Marner.

**EDIT** Trade with MIN changed from Brodin to Dumba

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Drouin, Jonathan	4	$6,000,000
Brown, Connor	3	$1,500,000
Hyman, Zach	2	$2,000,000
Leipsic, Brendan	2	$1,000,000
Zaitsev, Nikita	4	$4,000,000
Bibeau, Antoine	2	$1,000,000

Trades

TOR

Compensation for Drouin's $6,000,000 Signing

TBL

2018 1st round pick (TOR)
2018 2nd round pick (TOR)
2018 3rd round pick (SJS)

TOR

VGK

Marincin, Martin

Additional Details:

Expansion Draft

TOR

Dumba, Matt

MIN

van Riemsdyk, James ($2,000,000 retained)
2018 6th round pick (ARI)
2019 2nd round pick (TOR)
2019 4th round pick (TOR)

Buyouts

Tim Gleason: $1,333,333
Jared Cowen: $750,000
Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)
James van Riemsdyk: $2,000,000 (47.06%)

Buried

Eric Fehr: $975,000 ($2,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$73,000,000	$65,118,332	$5,370,000	$4,675,000	$7,881,668

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Nylander, William $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
Brown, Connor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Bozak, Tyler $4,200,000$4,200,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 2
Hyman, Zach $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 5	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 2
Komarov, Leo $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Gauthier, Frédérik $863,333$863,333 C UFA - 1	Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
		Soshnikov, Nikita $736,666$736,666 ($125,000$125K) RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 5	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 7	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 2	Dumba, Matt $2,550,000$2,550,000 RD UFA - 1
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 3	Carrick, Connor $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1	Bibeau, Antoine $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Marchenko, Alexey $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
		Lupul, Joffrey $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Marner, M.		Nylander, W.		Drouin, J.
	Matthews, A.		Gardiner, J.

Power Play 2
Leivo, J.		Kadri, N.		Kapanen, K.
	Rielly, M.		Zaitsev, N.

Penalty Kill 1
	Gauthier, F.	Hyman, Z.
		Carrick, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Komarov, L.	Soshnikov, N.
	Rielly, M.	Marchenko, A.

Mar. 12, 2017 at 6:47 p.m.

rangersandislesfan

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No from Minnesota.

Mar. 12, 2017 at 6:52 p.m.

palhal

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I think Minni would want something different that than JVR. IMO, you've underpaid Brown, Hyman and Zaitsev just to overpay Drouin. And while Brodin is an improvement over the departed Hunwick, Carrick and Marzenko are still on the ice for 38 minutes a game. My thought is, forget giving up good assets for Drouin and improve the RHD.

Mar. 12, 2017 at 7:22 p.m.

ren1511

Joined: Feb. 2017

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The Drouin idea is an interesting one that I would love to see happen! I agree that we don't need the draft picks if we were to get him! As for the minny trade, I think we need to look at our RHD situation first as Zaitsev is the only reliable option there. Maybe Spurgeon or Dumba instead?? And when Gardiner leaves we can look at adding another LHD for the second pairing with Dermott playing third. Also Brown should be making 2-2.5 mil. All in all, good idea with Drouin!!!

Mar. 12, 2017 at 8:30 p.m.

rangersandislesfan

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Quoting: palhal

I think Minni would want something different that than JVR. IMO, you've underpaid Brown, Hyman and Zaitsev just to overpay Drouin. And while Brodin is an improvement over the departed Hunwick, Carrick and Marzenko are still on the ice for 38 minutes a game. My thought is, forget giving up good assets for Drouin and improve the RHD.

Every NHLer is overpaid.

Mar. 13, 2017 at 9:59 a.m.

CaptainTavares

Joined: May 2016

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Wrong compensation for Drouin, has to be their own picks, so leafs would need to reacquire their 2018 third.

Mar. 13, 2017 at 12:51 p.m.

rangersandislesfan

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Dumba = Top 4 Defenseman
Brodin = Top 2 Defenseman/Number 1 Defenseman

Dumba's good, but i'd rather have brodin.

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