Team: 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 18, 2022

Published: Jul. 18, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Leafs betting on Robertson being able to come into the NHL and produce by putting him in a position to succeed with two elite players.

Järnkrok is essentially a cheaper replacement for Kerfoot, while the likes of NAK would replace Mikheyev's speed and forechecking. ZAR will help on the forecheck as well.

Permanent spots made on the backend for Sandin & Liljegren. Pairings can shuffle around, not too worried about it in July.

Calm about the goaltending, last year Leafs SV% as a team was .900 flat. Murray was 0.906 & Samsonov 0.896 with a 0.912 the playoffs. Feel like goaltending is at the same level overall pretty much.

Simmonds pretty much guaranteed to be 13th forward while there are two spots left for those on the taxi-squad to compete for. (Taxi-squad just used to show who is competing).

Kerfoot & Holl are traded and not put on LTIR. Just don't want to make trades for someone to come and say X team declines and counters with a C-level prospect & a 7th for Matthews. Just trust that they are movable contracts, especially Kerfoot who is only owed $750k in actual dollars. Holl will have suitors too.