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Created by: RowdyRoddy96

Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 2, 2023

Published: Jun. 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Reason for the signings

Schenn - Treliving stated in the conference that he was familiar with Schenn in passing and he fits the Treliving style of having a hard-hitting 3rd defensive pair also Schenn showed a willingness to return to Toronto.

Acciari - Same as Schenn but he seems like a character guy that Treliving would value and from what I read Treliving really loves his character guys

Eller - Extremely excellent skater who can play in all facets of the game. Has a lot of cup experience with him as well and knows what it takes to win. Won't get you a ton of points but his other assets are enough to make him an important piece on any team

Rodrigues - Another excellent skater in his own right. Somewhat of a Swiss army knife in that he can play anywhere in the lineup if called upon. Can be also good for secondary scoring help in the middle six and is an excellent PK player.

Donskoi - Explosive skater coming off of an injury-riddled season in which he did not play so he is very much a candidate to have a bounce-back campaign. He isn't the best finisher but can put up a solid 30+ pts in a season I believe in the right circumstances he can score maybe 40+. Donskoi also has cup-winning experience with Colorado and is a good two-way player with great forechecking ability.

Compher - Had a career year in Colorado this past season and was properly developing into a 2C that replaced Kadri the year prior scoring just over 50pts. Versatile and can play in any situation, unlike JT or Matthews. JT transitions toward the wing to make up for his failing speed but his forechecking and puck-battling ability is still underrated in the league. Compher can also become a quicker 1C PK option along with Marner as compared to O Reilly if we had kept him which I don't believe we would. Compher like Eller and Donskoi have Cup Winning experience but haven't aged out and still have relatively a long time left in the league. Playing with JT and Nylander, Compher can easily score 60+ pts alongside the two

Mikkola - Might be the Leafs most underrated signing if this works. Standing at 6'5" and weighing 210lbs Mikkola was a traded asset in the Tarasenko trade last season and found form while he was on the Rangers playing alongside Adam Fox. An excellent shutdown D who totaled 106 blocks and 156 hits last season between both St Louis and New York. In the past few seasons he has suffered from consistency issues but being only 27 yrs old, Mikkola has a lot of time and room for improvement in the future to become one of the league's best when it comes to defensive and physical play. I can see Mikkola turning into another Gavrikov-like player and fitting the type of style I can see Treliving turning this team into and playing with a defensively responsible Schenn could bode well in Mikkola's favor.

Other Notes: Leafs hire Bruce Boudreau as an assistant HC to run the PP and Offense.
Leafs use the pick they got from Washington in order to draft a defenseman to replace Niemela #28 ( Boston ) Oliver Bonk from the London Knights is projected to go #28 RHD 6'1 178Lbs 18 yrs old and the son of Senators legend Radek Bonk

again this team build is for fun! Feel free to absolutely annihilate me in the comments lol or comments your thoughts

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Swayman, Jeremy	4	$4,000,000
Der-Arguchintsev, Semyon	3	$850,000
Holmberg, Pontus	3	$850,000
Mete, Victor	3	$850,000
Král, Filip	3	$850,000
Hollowell, Mac	3	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Schenn, Luke	3	$1,150,000
Acciari, Noel	3	$1,400,000
Eller, Lars	3	$1,650,000
Rodrigues, Evan	3	$2,400,000
Donskoi, Joonas	2	$2,500,000
Compher, J.T.	5	$4,850,000
Mikkola, Niko	4	$2,500,000

Trades

TOR

2024 2nd round pick (LAK)
2025 4th round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Nearly the Same Compensation as an offer sheet signed at 4.5Mil+ per season AAV. Kings need a permanent solution in the net and I think the Leafs are going to try and aim higher when it comes to their goaltending

LAK

Samsonov, Ilya [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

I feel like Treliving is going to bring in one of his guys to mind the crease as the 1A and there are a lot of teams that are going to be trading away goalies either because they can't afford to resign them or they are in a cap crunch.

TOR

Ellis, Ryan
2024 1st round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

So some intangibles need to happen for this to work. Ellis is unlikely to play another NHL game again so at this point he is another dead cap contract that Philadelphia would likely want to get rid of. Both Provorov and Hart are traded to other teams for picks and prospects and are replaced with an expiring Brodie contract to at least shore up the Flyers defensive game after Provorov is gone and Murray to fill in the Hart gap alongside Ersson who seems like a good goalie to get some NHL reps and experience next season. Leafs are given a 1st rounder for taking on the Ellis contract for an extended period of time.

PHI

Additional Details:

This is purely an LTIR / Cap for a bigger acquisition in the same offseason

TOR

Swayman, Jeremy [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

It's been confirmed by insiders that the Bruins are making Swayman available for a trade due to them not being able to afford him. Bruins likely bring back a veteran goalie like Halak on a league min contract to run in tandem with Ullmark. This trade either turns into an absolute win for Boston where this turns into another Raycroft-like trade or this trade turns into the reverse Rask trade where Swayman turns into a True Elite #1 and terrorizes Boston and the Atlantic division for years to come. I'm hopeful for the latter also Boston lacks draft capital to revitalize their depleted farm system so this helps in both ways

BOS

2024 1st round pick (FLA)
2024 3rd round pick (NYI)
2024 5th round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Leafs might want a possible guarantee in the net and why not go with a goalie who might turn into the next Hellebucyk to run tandem with Woll? Both are 24 yrs old so internal competition will be had between the two it also forces the Leafs to finally use a tandem system

TOR

Dobson, Noah

Additional Details:

Absolute Rock on defense, is surprisingly agile for his size, and has an offensive edge. Scored 50+ pts from the blue line and has a lot of playoff experience at such a young age at 23 yrs old. Can only get better with time. I don't see Lou giving him up at all. This is a wish list item for me and maybe the Islanders start to move towards a more offensive style of game and might make acquisitions based on that fact but if there was an opportunity for the Leafs to get younger on D but already have NHL-ready guys to make the jump then I'd say take the chance.

NYI

Abruzzese, Nick [RFA Rights]
Niemelä, Topi
2024 1st round pick (TOR)
2024 2nd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

It might take this or more let me know Islander Fans!

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
22	$83,500,000	$82,359,783	$0	$0	$1,140,217

Roster

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	Compher, J.T. $4,850,000$4,850,000 C, RW UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW NMC UFA - 1
Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Rodrigues, Evan $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, C UFA - 4	Donskoi, Joonas $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW UFA
Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $1,650,000$1,650,000 C UFA - 2	Acciari, Noel $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Dobson, Noah $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD RFA - 2	Swayman, Jeremy $4,000,000$4,000,000 G RFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Liljegren, Timothy $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA - 1	Woll, Joseph $766,667$766,667 G RFA - 2
Mikkola, Niko $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 3	Schenn, Luke $1,150,000$1,150,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Giordano, Mark $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1		Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
McMann, Bobby $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 1		Ellis, Ryan $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD UFA - 4

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Knies, M.		Matthews, A.		Marner, M.
	Nylander, W.		Dobson, N.

Power Play 2
Tavares, J.		Compher, J.		Rodrigues, E.
	Rielly, M.		Acciari, N.

Penalty Kill 1
	Compher, J.	Marner, M.
	McCabe, J.	Dobson, N.

Penalty Kill 2
	Eller, L.	Rodrigues, E.
	Mikkola, N.	Schenn, L.

Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

Warrior24

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The isles are not trading Dobson and that package does not touch his value.

Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:55 p.m.

RowdyRoddy96

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Quoting: Warrior24

The isles are not trading Dobson and that package does not touch his value.

It's what I thought like I said it was a wish list item but I totally get it!

Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:57 p.m.

TheBigFlyera

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I think u put the 1st on the wrong side of the trade. To take Murray it will cost a 1st lol. Flyers don’t have interest in Brodie or Murray so they aren’t paying for either

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Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:57 p.m.

Islesforthecup

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The isles trade is bad but it’s not even the worst one here. Please explain to me why anyone in their right mind from Philly would move a 1st for a cap dump and an expensive contract they don’t want or need.

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Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:57 p.m.

phillyjabroni

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I mean the Flyers give up a 1st rounder to dump a guy who is going to be on LTIR for the rest of his career? I don't get it

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Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:58 p.m.

palhal

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Your imagination is running over time is overtime if you think the Flyers have any reason to give up a first for a rental and a bad cap goalie. Ellis really means nothing in a trade. I can't see Swayman signing that contract for four years. Gee he could offer sheeted at 4.3m which cost a second rounder.

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Jun. 2, 2023 at 7:58 p.m.

Gofnut999

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Lol, confirmed huh?

They will try to do everything they can to keep Swayman. Which means they will try like hell to move Ullmark first. If his NTC gets in the way of that or limits the return then they would look to move Swayman…as a last resort.

Not waiting 2 years for the picks either.

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

Moss_Bucket

See you space cowboy

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How would trading a ltir contract with a 1st for an older guy and Matt Murray's deal help? You're gonna have to give a 1st to toss Murray, and he sure as hell not agreeing to go to Philly with that MNTC of his.

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:26 p.m.

Savage27

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Dobson is untouchable

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:43 p.m.

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ethanwinters

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"It's been confirmed by insiders that the Bruins are making Swayman available for a trade due to them not being able to afford him."

1) This is horse**** on two counts. 1st, IF the Bruins were going to move a goalie, it would be Ullmark. 2nd, the Bruins can cover an offersheet on Swayman and run a 22 man roster up to 5 million just by moving Grzelcyk in a trade and buying out Reilly/Forbort. The latter they are going to do regardless.
2) Even if they were going to move Swayman. There is no chance he is going to Toronto, lol.

Jun. 2, 2023 at 10:29 p.m.

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ON3M4N

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What "insider" has said they're making Swayman avaliable?

Jun. 3, 2023 at 11:45 a.m.

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Kaiser1776

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Flyers declined

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