Toronto Maple Leafs 2023-2024

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Created by: Jaysin

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: May 23, 2023

Published: May 23, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I’m sure a lot of people will share their criticisms about this roster but I just wanted to have a little try at the Maple Leafs. Now I’ll admit I’m not the most familiar with all of their prospects and players but obviously something’s needs to change in Toronto and I don’t believe it is a full on rebuild or even a retool. Now I’ll address some of the questionable signings in some of peoples eyes, I resigned Victor Mete as a sort of 7th or AHL level defensemen because I personally like him as a player. A quick, shifty offensive defensive-men never hurts to have on the roster. I resigned Justin Holl because I know some Leaf fans like him and some hate him. I don’t know if he’d sign for less than 1 million but maybe it would ease both sides of the spectrum knowing that he’s signed at least but not for too much. I resigned Kallgren as a 3rd Goalie. I don’t know much about the goalies in Torontos system right now but if there are better and younger goalies there already than I’m fine to let Kallgren go. I wasn’t sure on what to really add to Torontos lineup to change it up but I knew they needed to gain some cap space so instead of trading Nylander or any of the core 4, I decided to move TJ Brodie. I imagine Brodie is able to be moved and in doing so I signed Damon Severson as I thought that he was one of the only free agent defensemen that fit in on this team. Toronto also needed a better Top 4 after moving Brodie. Besides all of that, I don’t know how much it would cost to move Matt Murray but I believe it has to be done to create cap space for this team. I believe this team should give it another go before totally blowing it up and starting new. I hope you guys enjoy my roster and thanks for checking it out.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Samsonov, Ilya	4	$4,000,000
Abruzzese, Nick	3	$925,000
Der-Arguchintsev, Semyon	3	$925,000
Hollowell, Mac	3	$875,000
Holmberg, Pontus	3	$875,000
Král, Filip	2	$800,000
Mete, Victor	2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
O'Reilly, Ryan	3	$5,000,000
Kämpf, David	3	$2,500,000
Acciari, Noel	3	$1,500,000
Schenn, Luke	3	$1,500,000
Benn, Jordie	1	$800,000
Zohorna, Radim	2	$875,000
Aston-Reese, Zach	2	$925,000
Holl, Justin	2	$925,000
Källgren, Erik	2	$875,000
Severson, Damon	5	$5,500,000

Trades

TOR

2023 2nd round pick (NYR)

CHI

Murray, Matt
2023 1st round pick (BOS)
2025 3rd round pick (TOR)

TOR

2023 2nd round pick (COL)

ANA

Brodie, TJ
Lafferty, Sam
2024 4th round pick (TOR)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$81,431,450	$0	$0	$2,068,550

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C NMC UFA - 1	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW NMC UFA - 2
Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 2	O'Reilly, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 C UFA - 4	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW NMC UFA - 1
Robertson, Nicholas $796,667$796,667 LW, RW RFA - 1	Kämpf, David $2,500,000$2,500,000 C UFA - 4	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
McMann, Bobby $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Aston-Reese, Zach $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Abruzzese, Nick $925,000$925,000 LW, C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Schenn, Luke $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Samsonov, Ilya $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Severson, Damon $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 2
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 1
	Holl, Justin $925,000$925,000 RD UFA - 3
	Timmins, Conor $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1

May 23, 2023 at 7:40 a.m.

JTrades

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 1,082

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I appreciate the description. A few things...
1. I doubt Holl will stay. Fans have been so hard on him that I think he is ready to move on. He would also make more on the open market than he would in Toronto.
2. Kallgren won't be resigned as Toronto has a lot of up-and-coming young goalies in their system.
3. I'm certainly open to trading Brodie as he is on an expiring contract. My problem with it is that you would need to replace him. You did so with Severson and while I think that he is a good player, I think that he isn't strong enough in his own end or on the PK. This makes Toronto's D more offensive than defensive.
4. I'm convinced that this core with disappoint again. I hope I'm wrong but I believe that the only way forward is to move on from one of Marner or Nylander, clear out Murray, and try and get younger. Build a team around Matthews and get him some consistent wingers to play with

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May 23, 2023 at 8:06 a.m.

GeneralLandro

Joined: Jun. 2021

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We won’t be spending a 2nd rounder on a rental my man

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May 23, 2023 at 8:56 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 11,394

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CHI probably accepts.

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May 23, 2023 at 11:23 a.m.

ChiHawk

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 19,335

Likes: 9,809

Quoting: Garak

CHI probably accepts.

Except Murray probably blocks the trade

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May 23, 2023 at 11:26 a.m.

GiggywithGibby

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Joined: Jun. 2022

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No premium bits out for pending UFAs, not to mention Brodie has a 7.5 million actual salary due next season (all base no signing bonus) which is a major poison pill for us.

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May 23, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

Jaysin

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Jaysin

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 16

Likes: 10

Quoting: JTrades

I appreciate the description. A few things...
1. I doubt Holl will stay. Fans have been so hard on him that I think he is ready to move on. He would also make more on the open market than he would in Toronto.

Fair enough. Thanks for the feedback.
2. Kallgren won't be resigned as Toronto has a lot of up-and-coming young goalies in their system.
3. I'm certainly open to trading Brodie as he is on an expiring contract. My problem with it is that you would need to replace him. You did so with Severson and while I think that he is a good player, I think that he isn't strong enough in his own end or on the PK. This makes Toronto's D more offensive than defensive.
4. I'm convinced that this core with disappoint again. I hope I'm wrong but I believe that the only way forward is to move on from one of Marner or Nylander, clear out Murray, and try and get younger. Build a team around Matthews and get him some consistent wingers to play with

Fair enough. Thanks for the feedback.

May 23, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.

Jaysin

Thread Starter

Jaysin

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 16

Likes: 10

Edited May 23, 2023 at 2:37 p.m.

Quoting: GeneralLandro

We won’t be spending a 2nd rounder on a rental my man

I can understand that. My thoughts were to maybe flip him at the deadline if he plays well enough or you can keep him and pay him a lower amount for the coming years. I know there’s a lot of defensive prospects coming up for Anaheim but Brodies a veteran in the league at this point and could probably slot in somewhere on that blue line.
Also Lafferty is in the deal and he’s a solid bottom 6 player.

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