Holl leaving for nothing is a Plus to the team

Are we positive that Bertuzzi is that much better than Bunting? I was told once that the best ability is availability.

Oh, and for what it’s worth - Lajoie is better than Holl.

IMO, I'd rather have Reaves than Kerfoot... And Klingberg over Schenn

But also this team is over the cap by 7 mill

I think Lajoie's 14 Nhl games played in 4 seasons says he is barely worthy of a Nhl contract.

You can say that about ROR vs. Domi too.

Which then switches Domi to the better player.

I probably should have compared Reaves as Accairi's replacement instead. And Grambrell as Kerfoot's replacement.

Domi and ROR are equal
Reaves is a slight improvement over Simmonds
A healthy Robertson will score more goals than Kerfoot

Probably, Reaves and Kerfoot sorta play different roles

I gave ROR the better grade over Domi because of better leadership, defensive skill, face off % and clutch performance history.

Valid points,
However Domi is younger, a cheaper cap hit, and not afraid to drop the gloves.

People see the Domi name and think he is tough like his father, he ain't.

I liked Bunting but I think I would take Bertuzzi at $5.5M over Bunting at $4.5M.

They are only $2M over

A team that was good offensively and terrible defensively got better on offense and worse on defense. Sounds like good team building!

It says -12.6 mill and Murray is 4.687 mill... With Roberston going down, that leads to 7 mill over with a 23 man roster

I think you nailed it.

I can tell you don't know much about the Leafs, they finished in the top third in the Nhl in defensive stats, not like the Pens, or Oilers.

Yeah the regular season team is good in the regular season, shocking. What happens in the playoffs then? Does everyone just stop playing defense?

Though to be fair, I should list Liljgren as Schenn's replacement, as when Schenn rental services were acquired it pushed Liljgren into the press box.

And Holl's replacement is Klingberg.

Simple, in the playoffs the Leafs depth scoring dries up and the top 4 money players are not clutch scorers on a regular bases.

The Leafs offensive and lack of physicality (and fragile mentality) ends the Leafs playoff season each year.

So again getting more top heavy is gonna help?

You have it backwards, as this shows, if the Leafs kept the team together, that'd be $12 million over the cap.

I know this isn’t the Leafs team bro the new team is still top heavy

Bro, I know.

But the $40 million guys aren't going anywhere this year, so it is not an option.