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Created by: TMLBRIAN

Team: 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 30, 2022

Published: Jun. 30, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Isles reduce their cap on their goaltending and reduce their cap on their 4 line + get a top 4 left d man and a 1st round pick.
Leafs get a goalie upgrade + 4th line hometown gritty winger +3rd. They also open up a spot for Sandin on the left.

Van gets high end right d prospect + 2 years of Nylander. Leafs get Miller half retained this year and get him with a long term extension.

Leafs sign Kane to a 1 year x 8m a year deal (kind of like the Taylor Hall deal a few years back with Buffalo). This makes sure they can afford Millers extension next year.

This team can score, is very strong and big and would be a problem!

They can also sign another back up goalie, if they do not believe in Kallgren. I thought he looked super calm and poised last year. But his numbers weren't great.

Thoughts?

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Engvall, Pierre		2	$1,500,000
Sandin, Rasmus		2	$1,400,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lyubushkin, Ilya	3	$2,000,000
Rutta, Jan	2	$1,500,000
Kane, Evander	1	$8,000,000
Paul, Nicholas	4	$3,250,000

Trades

TOR

Clutterbuck, Cal
Varlamov, Semyon
2022 3rd round pick (NYI)

NYI

Mrázek, Petr
Muzzin, Jake
2022 1st round pick (TOR)

TOR

2023 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Kase, Ondrej [RFA Rights]

TOR

2022 4th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Holl, Justin

TOR

2022 2nd round pick (SEA)
2022 4th round pick (SEA)

SEA

Kerfoot, Alexander

TOR

Miller, J.T. ($2,625,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Miller Extends 7.5x8

VAN

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$81,824,084	$212,500	$0	$675,916

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 3
Miller, J.T. $2,625,000$2,625,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 3	Kane, Evander $8,000,000$8,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Paul, Nicholas $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW UFA - 7		Robertson, Nicholas $796,667$796,667 LW, RW RFA - 2
Engvall, Pierre $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 1	Clutterbuck, Cal $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 2
	Steeves, Alex $834,167$834,167 LW, RW RFA - 2	Anderson, Joey $750,000$750,000 RW RFA - 1
	McMann, Bobby $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 2	Varlamov, Semyon $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 2	Källgren, Erik $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
	Lyubushkin, Ilya $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 2
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 2
Rutta, Jan $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:46 p.m.

PeterForsberg21

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Miller would already be signed to that contract with VAN if that's what he was willing to sign for. (he wants 8-8.5 mill per year)

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:51 p.m.

audiodave

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That seems like a fair return for Miller. However, if he's willing to sign for 7.5x8 I think the Canucks might keep him.

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Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:52 p.m.

Warrior24

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Lou has said he is not trading Varly, there is no interest in Muzzin at full price and Isles do not want the additional years of those contracts.

It is a fairly simple no.

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:53 p.m.

TMLBRIAN

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Quoting: PeterForsberg21

Miller would already be signed to that contract with VAN if that's what he was willing to sign for. (he wants 8-8.5 mill per year)

Quoting: Warrior24

Lou has said he is not trading Varly, there is no interest in Muzzin at full price and Isles do not want the additional years of those contracts.

It is a fairly simple no.

What do you think his contract will look like? 8.5x8?

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:53 p.m.

BeautifulIdiot

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Quoting: audiodave

That seems like a fair return for Miller. However, if he's willing to sign for 7.5x8 I think the Canucks might keep him.

maybe, not totally sure though, I know JR and patty really dont want to go longer than 6 years.

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Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:54 p.m.

BeautifulIdiot

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Quoting: TMLBRIAN

What do you think his contract will look like? 8.5x8?

I think so, maybe a little lower, 8x6 would be my walk away point if I were patty, but I could see him getting a bit more term

(edit; 8m 6y)

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:56 p.m.

TMLBRIAN

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Quoting: Warrior24

Lou has said he is not trading Varly, there is no interest in Muzzin at full price and Isles do not want the additional years of those contracts.

It is a fairly simple no.

It is going to be very hard for the Isles to improve. Having 9m in goalies is too much. and they also have 4 different 4th liners making 1.1 to 2.5m a year. Most of Lou's deals have me completely scratching my head.

They have very few prospects (aatu and Wallstrom top the list), a lot of big contracts for players who do not deserve them. It will be interesting to see what they can do! At least they have Barzal, Pullock and Pelech.

Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:57 p.m.

audiodave

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Quoting: BeautifulIdiot

maybe, not totally sure though, I know JR and patty really dont want to go longer than 6 years.

I agree that the term is too long which is why I said might. I wouldn't want to do more than 8x6 either.

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Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:03 p.m.

BeautifulIdiot

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Quoting: audiodave

I agree that the term is too long which is why I said might. I wouldn't want to do more than 8x6 either.

Keeping him at 8x6 would be really tempting but Drance is saying that there are some really good offers coming in so I would be really surprised if he made it to the draft without being delt

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Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:05 p.m.

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Warrior24

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Quoting: TMLBRIAN

From a prospect perspective the Isles have Raty, Holmstrom, Dufour, Bolduc, Salo, Wilde, Skarek who all project to be NHL level players.

Their 4th liner contracts do not really hurt the team, and Clutter is making less next season than he was last season.

They have a great C core with Barzal, Nelson, Pageau, and Cizikas, and good not great W's. The D core has Pulock, Pelech, Dobson and Mayfield who are all legit Top-4 players with Salo ready to play full time.

People love to criticize Lou, maybe some decisions like signing Palmeri and trading Toews were mistakes but the team is solid at all positions except 2 LD which is the target focus (not Muzzin).

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