If Nashville Goes For Full Rebuild

Forums/Armchair-GM

Page 1 of 1

Created by: iBeLeaf

Team: 2022-23 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 2, 2023

Published: Mar. 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Leafs need a true starting goalie if they want to have any hope of surviving Tampa and Boston. I love Sammy but we need more insurance. Ideally Murray gets put on LTIR until playoffs, but I think he's working hard towards a return soon so Leafs can't put a player on LTIR for 2 months who isn't actually injured. Which means Murray gets placed on waivers (very unlikely another team claims him but you never know) and if he clears then assign him to the Marlies for more goalie depth later on.

Also Morgan Rielly gets moved to left wing which is what he is, he's actually terrible at defending and Leafs were much, MUCH better defensively when he was injured. I have faith that even without a true top D pairing that an elite goalie and better overall team defense from Rielly NOT being back there will make the Leafs harder to play against.

Holl and Kerfoot being gone as well is more addition by subtraction. We'll see if Dubas has the stones to truly go ALL IN!

Trades

TOR

2023 4th round pick (MIN)
2025 3rd round pick (MIN)

MIN

TOR

NSH

Knies, Matthew [Reserve List]
Woll, Joseph
2023 1st round pick (BOS)
2023 4th round pick (MIN)
2024 1st round pick (TOR)
2024 3rd round pick (NYI)
2025 3rd round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Note: I've included the 2023 4th round pick (MIN) and 2025 3rd round pick (MIN) from Minnesota because 1) It took FIVE draft picks (and a prospect) for Tampa to pry Tanner Jeannot away from Nashville so I figure this is the minimum for Nashville to even consider trading their starting goalie or 2) Dubas convinces Poile to take Holl and Kerfoot in the first place, and Poile flips them to another playoff contender (like Minnesota) for a 3rd + 4th round pick anyway or maybe Poile can get even more in return for retaining salary on Holl and Kerfoot.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$82,396,246	$212,500	$0	$103,754

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 3
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 1	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 3	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 2
Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 1	Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 2
Trenin, Yakov $1,700,000$1,700,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $1,500,000$1,500,000 C UFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 2	Brodie, TJ $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 2	Samsonov, Ilya $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 2	Saros, Juuse $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 3
Gustafsson, Erik $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Schenn, Luke $850,000$850,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Timmins, Conor $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 1		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 2
Aston-Reese, Zach $840,630$840,630 LW, RW UFA - 1		Robertson, Nicholas $796,667$796,667 LW, RW RFA - 2
Benn, Jordie $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Mete, Victor $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Murray, Matt $4,687,500$4,687,500 ($3,562,500$4M$3,562,500$4M) G M-NTC UFA - 2
Simmonds, Wayne $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1

Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

earl08

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 3,774

Likes: 974

Barry Trotz would roll over in his grave before trading Saros, lol

Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:05 p.m.

iBeLeaf

Thread Starter

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 22

Likes: 4

Quoting: earl08

Barry Trotz would roll over in his grave before trading Saros, lol

True lol, but I think Nashville needs to consider whether or not they can be a true contender in the next 3 years before Saros' contract expires and he's a UFA who will likely walk if Nashville isn't making the playoffs. I know this trade happens only if Nashville is going for the full rebuild, not just a retool for next year.

Actually make that 2 years before Saros is a UFA in 2025. But his value is the highest right now while a team can potentially have him for 3 playoff runs including this season.

Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:08 p.m.

earl08

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 3,774

Likes: 974

Quoting: iBeLeaf

Trotz and Poile started building NSH from scratch a whole year before the first game. He's basically David Poile 2.0. There are promises that need to be honored for their existing veterans. I can't see a CHI style teardown here. Saros would be highly coveted around the league, should he be made available

iBeLeaf liked this.

Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:19 p.m.

Jeuck75

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 4,079

Likes: 1,603

Easy no from Preds

Page 1 of 1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Forums/Armchair-GM