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Just some thoughts

Created by: shab101
Team: 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 30, 2017
Published: Apr. 30, 2017
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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So looking at most rankings, Liljegren appears to be available around the 8-12 mark. Leafs currently hold the 18th overall pick so to move up would be thir first, a second and a prospect. Its alot but Liljegren would be worth it. He was slated to go second overall and could be a steal that late. I traded the pick to buffalo but literally offer any team in that range that package and hope one accepts.

Next move martin out and gain halak and pulock. Martin will be a welcome edition to NYI and halak would solve our backup problem for next year. Pulock would be available due to their depth and the expansion draft. Not having to retain on Halak and getting a second seems fair.

Acquire Fleury from carolina for carrick, leivo and a pick. Carrick was bearly used by babcock in the playoffs showing the lack of trust. Leivo is a solid bottom six winger but with our depth unlikely to get a chance.

Next minor trades shipping Fehr, Marincin and Marchenko out.

Trade for Sheahan. Solid two way player thats young and familiar with babcock. Could turn into a steal but as of now that all he is worth. Maybe a 4th instrad of the 6th but nothing more.

The resultant defense group is really young but all capable and all potential top 4 defenseman. Best case senario they all pan out giving us trade chips for the future. The centre group is solid and next year when we lose bozak we can shift nylander to centre giving us Matthews-kadri-nylander-shehan/gauthier. Rw is stacked this year and next year we have bracco that can make the jump giving us a marner-brown-kapenen-bracco. At lw would be our biggest "hole" with the loss of jvr and komarov, we would be thin with hyman-rychel-grundstrom-timashov/lindberg/johnson. Hyman is a solid 3rd line lw long term. Grundstrom qppears to be a komarov with more goal scoring fitting well next to nylander. And of the other three mentione, either one could fill the last lw position. The hole could potentially be filled by rychel who has developed alot this year and looks super dangerous. Or may be a bust. But its a risk worth taking. Our lines would the be:

Rychel-matthews-marner
Grundstrom-nylander-kapenen
Hyman-kadri-bracco
Lindberg-sheahan- brown
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$2,500,000
4$2,000,000
7$4,500,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
Liljegren, Timothy
3$925,000
Trades
1.
TOR
  1. Halák, Jaroslav
  2. Pulock, Ryan
NYI
  1. Martin, Matt
  2. 2018 2nd round pick (SJS)
2.
TOR
VGK
  1. Fehr, Eric
  2. 2018 5th round pick (TOR)
3.
TOR
  1. Sheahan, Riley
DET
  1. Valiev, Rinat
  2. 2018 6th round pick (ARI)
4.
TOR
    1st in 2017
    BUF
    1. 2018 2nd round pick (TOR)
    Additional Details:
    1st in 2017, rights to leipsic
    5.
    TOR
    1. 2018 4th round pick (LAK)
    2. 2019 4th round pick (COL)
    COL
    1. Marchenko, Alexey
    6.
    TOR
    1. Fleury, Haydn
    CAR
    1. Carrick, Connor
    2. Leivo, Josh
    3. 2018 3rd round pick (SJS)
    7.
    TOR
    1. 2018 4th round pick (SJS)
    SJS
    1. Marincin, Martin
    Buyouts
    Retained Salary Transactions
    DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
    2018
    Logo of the TOR
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    Logo of the LAK
    Logo of the SJS
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the ANA
    2019
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the COL
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    2020
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    Logo of the TOR
    ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
    24$76,000,000$64,430,831$5,370,000$6,632,500$11,569,169
    Left WingCentreRight Wing
    Hyman, Zach
    $2,000,000$2,000,000
    RW, LW
    UFA - 4
    Matthews, Auston
    $925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$2,850,000$3M)
    C
    UFA - 2
    Nylander, William
    $894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
    RW
    UFA - 1
    van Riemsdyk, James
    $4,250,000$4,250,000
    LW, RW
    M-NTC
    UFA - 1
    Bozak, Tyler
    $4,200,000$4,200,000
    C, RW
    M-NTC
    UFA - 1
    Marner, Mitchell
    $894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
    RW
    UFA - 2
    Komarov, Leo
    $2,950,000$2,950,000
    RW, LW, C
    UFA - 1
    Kadri, Nazem
    $4,500,000$4,500,000
    C
    UFA - 5
    Brown, Connor
    $2,500,000$2,500,000
    RW, LW
    UFA - 3
    Sheahan, Riley
    $2,075,000$2,075,000
    LW, C
    UFA - 1
    Kapanen, Kasperi
    $863,333$863,333
    RW
    UFA - 2
    Rychel, Kerby
    $863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$350,000$350K)
    LW
    UFA - 1
    Gauthier, Frédérik
    $863,333$863,333
    C
    UFA - 1
    Soshnikov, Nikita
    $736,666$736,666 (Performance Bonus$125,000$125K)
    RW
    UFA - 1
    Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
    Gardiner, Jake
    $4,050,000$4,050,000
    LD
    UFA - 2
    Zaitsev, Nikita
    $4,500,000$4,500,000
    RD
    UFA - 7
    Andersen, Frederik
    $5,000,000$5,000,000
    G
    M-NTC
    UFA - 4
    Rielly, Morgan
    $5,000,000$5,000,000
    LD
    UFA - 5
    Pulock, Ryan
    $863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
    RD
    UFA - 1
    Fleury, Haydn
    $863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
    LD/RD
    UFA - 2
    Liljegren, Timothy
    $925,000$925,000
    Halák, Jaroslav
    $4,500,000$4,500,000
    G
    UFA - 1
    Dermott, Travis
    $863,333$863,333
    LD/RD
    UFA - 3
    Nielsen, Andrew
    $697,500$697,500 (Performance Bonus$257,500$258K)
    LD
    UFA - 3
    ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
    Lupul, Joffrey
    $5,250,000$5,250,000
    LW, RW
    M-NTC
    UFA - 1
    Horton, Nathan
    $5,300,000$5,300,000
    RW
    M-NTC, NMC
    UFA - 3

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    Apr. 30, 2017 at 5:59 a.m.
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    clark
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    If last year is any indication, Sheehan is not a "solid two way player." His production has declined every year. Admitting your haven't really traded anything for him. Why would any team give up two fourth rounders for Marchenko?
    Apr. 30, 2017 at 9:05 a.m.
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    LeafsFan
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    Great description, here are my thoughts:
    -Don't want a centerman with less goals than Roman Polak (Sheahan)
    -I think Babs and Lou love Martin so I can't see them trading him, but I think NYI are definitely a team we can tango with (in trades)
    -Did Babs lose faith in Carrick or was he injured? I honestly don't know but I'm not a fan of trading him TBH
    -I can't see BUF trading down, they only hit on their picks when its in the top 10... BUT I do agree with you about trading up... If Timmy falls to #11 I could see us pulling a deal with LA
    Apr. 30, 2017 at 10:08 a.m.
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    shab101
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    Quoting: clark
    If last year is any indication, Sheehan is not a "solid two way player." His production has declined every year. Admitting your haven't really traded anything for him. Why would any team give up two fourth rounders for Marchenko?


    I know what you mean but sheahan is young at 25 and his production has got worse on a declining team. He is still adept in his own end and has previosly scored 36 points..a mark brian boyle hasnt achieved in his career. Now i think its worth the risk. Worst case we lost vailev and a 6th. Best case we have a 4th line center for the next 5-6 years. Also the two fourths arent really monumental pieces..not planning the parade off of them. One fourth as opposed to two would still be fine..point is to move the salary out

    Quoting: LeafsFan
    Great description, here are my thoughts:
    -Don't want a centerman with less goals than Roman Polak (Sheahan)
    -I think Babs and Lou love Martin so I can't see them trading him, but I think NYI are definitely a team we can tango with (in trades)
    -Did Babs lose faith in Carrick or was he injured? I honestly don't know but I'm not a fan of trading him TBH
    -I can't see BUF trading down, they only hit on their picks when its in the top 10... BUT I do agree with you about trading up... If Timmy falls to #11 I could see us pulling a deal with LA


    Sheahan has had 36 points under babcock before so he may be worth the little risk we take for him..we need a fourth line centre and sheahan can play defense well enough to fill that role in my opinion.
    I agree martin is adored by the coach but at the same time..we need to let some lw prospects play to see what we have..i didnt want to trade him to anyone other than the nyi because that is essentially his home
    Carrick is a tough one..does he have top 4 potential?..i dont think so..can he be a 3rd pairing guy...probably but at that cost fleury is way better and has higher potential..carrick is a decent player but if i had a choice between the two..id pick fleury 9 times out of 10.
    And yeah i just selected the team randomly as stated in my description..but ur suggestion of LA is probably the best fit
    Apr. 30, 2017 at 10:43 a.m.
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    CaptainTavares
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    Im a fan of moving up for a d in the draft, good call there. Liljegren or even Foote I would definitely hope they move up for. Also I like your idea of trying to get something for marchenko and marincin as hopefully they will not be with the team next season. However, I am not a fan of Sheahan at all, I would much prefer to resign Boyle, great veteran leadership and seemed to embrace his role on the team.

    I am also not a huge fan of Fleury, but I admit I haven't followed his development much. I know when he was in the world junior tournament he wad pretty bad. Interesting to see what they will try to do to upgrade the d. Good stuff. Go leafs go.
     
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