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Muzzin Trade

Created by: dannibalcorpse
Team: 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2022
Published: Jun. 1, 2022
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...does not happen because he's 33, coming off a year with some injury issues, and, oh yeah, he has a full NTC and isn't waiving it to go play for a basement-dweller when he's currently on a Cup contender 90 minutes from his hometown.

But while we're here, let's have a little fun with seeing what we can do with Toronto next season.

TRADES
-Maybe LA has a guy they really like in the 3rd round? Why not move back a few spots and grab an extra lottery ticket in next year's draft.

-This feels like the right value for Holl, if not the right place. I feel like he doesn't get moved until the middle of the summer - when there's not much left on the UFA market and a contender that missed out wants to upgrade their bottom pair. Picked Calgary because he could potentially fill the hole vacated by Erik Gudbranson while staying basically cap-neutral for the Flames ($1.95 for EG vs. $2M for Holl).

-Chicago needs someone to keep the seat warm in goalie while their prospects develop. They take on Mrazek's deal, hoping for a bounce back, and get a close-to-NHL-ready player in Alex Steeves who has strong middle-6 potential.

-Rangers will need some inexpensive bodies to fill out their bottom 6, so they throw a late round pick for Ondrej Kase in the hopes they can keep him healthy. If no one bites on his rights, I would just let him walk.

SIGNINGS
-I didn't go through all the RFAs, just hit the important ones. Look, we all know offer sheets just don't happen. Lily and Sandin sign 2 year bridges at $1.5M with the promise that if they keep playing well they'll get paid when the monster deals start falling off. Engvall gets $2M on his bridge in the hopes that he keeps building off a 35-point season. Jack Campbell gets the Robin Lehner deal (4x$5M) because he was good, folks, and you're not getting much better than him in UFA or the trade market.

I wanted to try and find guys that might have untapped potential to fill out the margins of the roster. Nick Merkley has a 1st round pedigree and put up 46 points in 59 AHL games this year - he's worth giving a shot to see if he can turn into Bunting 2.0. Adam Brooks put up solid numbers with the Marlies a few years ago - let him be your 14th forward while your prospects develop in the AHL. Derrick Pouliot has experience and size and will sign cheap - you don't want to rely on him for a ton but he can fill in in a pinch. Dominik Simon put up strong possession numbers this year playing on a line with Brian Boyle and Zach Aston-Reese, of all people. Thomas Greiss is probably the best of the goalies you can sign in that $1Mish range - he's got a track record of putting up good numbers with a good team in front of him and you hope he can do that now that he's out of Detroit.

LINES
Top 6 forwards are what they are, no changes. 3rd line of Engvall-Kampf-Simon is your shutdown line - three strong defensive forwards that you maybe rely on a little more than you had in the past. Your 4th line is 3 guys named Nick (not on purpose I swear) that you heavily shelter and hopefully develop at least one of them into a top-6 guy. D pairs are what they are - I like pairing a veteran with each of the young guys.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$2,000,000
2$1,500,000
2$1,500,000
1$750,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$5,000,000
1$750,000
1$750,000
1$750,000
2$1,000,000
2$1,100,000
Trades
1.
TOR
  1. 2022 3rd round pick (PIT)
  2. 2023 5th round pick (LAK)
LAK
  1. 2022 3rd round pick (WPG)
2.
TOR
  1. 2023 4th round pick (CGY)
3.
TOR
  1. 2022 7th round pick (CHI)
4.
TOR
  1. 2023 6th round pick (NYR)
NYR
  1. Kase, Ondrej [RFA Rights]
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2022
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2023
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Logo of the LAK
Logo of the TOR
Logo of the NYR
2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$82,500,000$82,489,783$212,500$0$10,217
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$950,000$950,000
LW
UFA - 1
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$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 2
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$10,903,000$10,903,000
RW
UFA - 3
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
LW, C, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$11,000,000$11,000,000
C, LW
NMC
UFA - 3
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$6,962,366$6,962,366
RW
UFA - 2
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
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$1,500,000$1,500,000
C
UFA - 1
$1,000,000$1,000,000
RW, LW
UFA
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$796,667$796,667
LW, RW
RFA - 2
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$850,000$850,000
LW, C
RFA - 1
$750,000$750,000
RW, C
UFA
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$7,500,000$7,500,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 8
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$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD/RD
NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,625,000$5,625,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$1,500,000$1,500,000
RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$1,500,000$1,500,000
LD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$5,000,000$5,000,000
G
UFA - 5
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$800,000$800,000
LD
UFA - 2
$1,100,000$1,100,000
G
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$900,000$900,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
$750,000$750,000
LD
UFA - 1
$750,000$750,000
C
UFA - 2

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Jun. 1, 2022 at 1:28 p.m.
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Quoting: vr1995
thats what you think with nothing really to base it off, LA made the playoffs for the first time in a few years this year. the leafs are a better hockey team than the kings, there fore they have a better chance to win the cup, its really not that hard to understand


Better by what metric? They can certainly score more, but as evidenced by their lost to Montreal last year, if they go up against a solid defensive team, they're going to get bounced early.

Until Toronto realizes that they need 18 guys on the team to play defense every game, not just 6, they're not going to win anything. I'd pick LA over Toronto in a 7-game series.
Jun. 1, 2022 at 1:33 p.m.
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Better by what metric? They can certainly score more, but as evidenced by their lost to Montreal last year, if they go up against a solid defensive team, they're going to get bounced early.

Until Toronto realizes that they need 18 guys on the team to play defense every game, not just 6, they're not going to win anything. I'd pick LA over Toronto in a 7-game series.


one had 115 pts in the best div in hockey, the other had 99 in the worst, right now they have better players, whats hard to get? youre not taking in that they just flat out played terrible in game 7 last year and most of games 5 and 6? you actually think toronto played well and mtl just beat them? you're delusional, you lost to edm in 7 and we lost to tampa in 7, dont see where this confidence comes from
Jun. 1, 2022 at 1:41 p.m.
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one had 115 pts in the best div in hockey, the other had 99 in the worst, right now they have better players, whats hard to get? youre not taking in that they just flat out played terrible in game 7 last year and most of games 5 and 6? you actually think toronto played well and mtl just beat them? you're delusional, you lost to edm in 7 and we lost to tampa in 7, dont see where this confidence comes from


Let's wait and see. I'd put money down that LA makes it to the SCF again before Toronto does.
Jun. 1, 2022 at 1:43 p.m.
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Let's wait and see. I'd put money down that LA makes it to the SCF again before Toronto does.


wow thats awesome good for you lmao
Jun. 2, 2022 at 1:23 p.m.
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I shoulda thrown a mid-round pick on that, but I think fair value would be say, a 3rd rounder and a prospect of Chicago's choice, with Knies & the Nicks excluded. Steeves strikes me as a good target - good size, close to NHL ready, a high-floor/low-ceiling type of player that probably can slide right into Chicago's bottom 6 on opening night. But it's gonna hit a point where Toronto just says "whatever, we'll just buy him out on our own and figure out how to find the extra $1M this year" if you start asking for too much.


I would do a third and Robertson for Mrazek, Reese Johnson, and a 7th.

TBH though I would rather have something like a 2nd 2024, 3rd 2023 for Mrazek dump and a 5th in 2023. I think the latter is where is ends up if he’s going to Chicago.
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