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The Bully Strategy

Created by: LeafsFutures
Team: 2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: May 21, 2023
Published: May 22, 2023
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Don’t trade Matthews/Marner/Nylander now. From now till their contract ends convince them to take a pay cut and if they don’t accept it pretend to run it back and give them what they want then shortly after they sign and Marner extends trade the ones who didn’t take the pay cut to the highest bidder acquiring high effort, full of heart players like younger Hymans and Kadris.
Free Agent Signings
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
8$11,000,000
8$13,000,000
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Matthews, Auston
8$9,500,000
Nylander, William
8$8,500,000
Trades
1.
TOR
ANA
  1. Nylander, William
2.
TOR
ANA
  1. Matthews, Auston
3.
TOR
ANA
  1. Marner, Mitchell
Additional Details:
(Marner with 8yr extension for what he wants)
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2023
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2024
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2025
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
8$83,500,000$42,625,000$0$0$40,875,000
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Waivers ExemptKnies, Matthew
$925,000$925,000
LW, RW
RFA - 1
Matthews, Auston
$9,500,000$9,500,000
Nylander, William
$8,500,000$8,500,000
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Järnkrok, Calle
$2,100,000$2,100,000
RW, C, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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Tavares, John
$11,000,000$11,000,000
C, LW
NMC
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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Rielly, Morgan
$7,500,000$7,500,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 6
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Timmins, Conor
$1,100,000$1,100,000
RD
RFA - 1
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McCabe, Jake
$2,000,000$2,000,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1

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May 22, 2023 at 11:09 p.m.
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draft_em_sign_em_trade_em
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Matthews wants to break the $12.6 AAV record.
May 22, 2023 at 11:11 p.m.
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LeafsFutures
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Quoting: draft_em_sign_em_trade_em
Matthews wants to break the $12.6 AAV record.


Sure give him $15M per for all I care then send him to a poverty franchise.
May 22, 2023 at 11:53 p.m.
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palhal
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Nylander and Matthews aren't taking discounts. What's so really special about retaining Matthews and Nylander anyway?
May 23, 2023 at 12:03 a.m.
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Or... Be an adult and Just don't sign players if their contract demands are beyond what their value is to the team?

Let's ignore that NMC are likely to be part of those new contracts. Players talk, and teams that sign players and then turn around and trade players out of spite aren't likely to sign any premium free agents after that.
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May 23, 2023 at 12:30 a.m.
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GenXHockey
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Quoting: palhal
Nylander and Matthews aren't taking discounts. What's so really special about retaining Matthews and Nylander anyway?


One is the best layer in franchise history the other is in the top 10.
May 23, 2023 at 12:34 a.m.
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Yeah, whatever contract Matthews signs, it will have a full NMC from beginning to end. Marner probably the same but maybe in years 5-8 the full NMC would drop to a M-NTC. Nylander might start off with no protection or M-NTC and transition to a full one or it might start with full-NMC and end with reduced protection.
May 23, 2023 at 1:05 a.m.
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palhal
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Quoting: GenXHockey
One is the best layer in franchise history the other is in the top 10.


Nylander in the top 10 over the last 100 years? C'mon. I just don't see how paying those two players more $$$$, makes the Leafs better.
 
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