Grabbing the low hanging fruit

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Created by: GiggywithGibby

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 2, 2023

Published: Aug. 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Loosing Lundestrom for half the season hurts, but it does open some options up to pick up some decent players from teams who are not cap compliant.

Defense is certainly tighter than last season. Additions of Gudas and Hagg were good, I think adding Rutta would continue to help protect the goalies. I really don't like putting Drysdale and Fowler in the same line, but short of getting a true 1LD to push Fowler down to 2nd pairing with Gudas, I don't see another path forward. I just think that first pairing is going to get bounced around too much, neither of them are physical, and Drysdale doesn't even have the size advantage of Fowler.

Jarnkrok is a bit undersized, but has good IQ and a good 200ft game. As a bottom 6/9 utility knife he'd be useful to have around, notably to play 3RW after Sold has departed.

I think LaCombe gets a year to show off what he has at the NHL level while the other guys get some pro experience in San Diego. Leo probably plays there too. Might want to look at picking up a goalie with a year left and let Dostal try for a Calder?

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Zegras, Trevor		8	$8,000,000
Drysdale, Jamie		2	$2,000,000

Trades

ANA

Rutta, Jan

Additional Details:

Between offloading Rutta and sending a goalie down, the pens are cap compliant with enough salary room for their last RFA signing.

PIT

F. Considerations

ANA

Järnkrok, Calle

Additional Details:

Gets the leafs cap compliant

TOR

F. Considerations

Buyouts

Simon Despres: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$71,382,917	$0	$3,425,000	$12,117,083

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 2	Terry, Troy $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 7
Zegras, Trevor $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4	Killorn, Alex $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4
Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Groulx, Benoit-Olivier $775,000$775,000 C RFA - 1	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Gawdin, Glenn $762,500$762,500 C, RW UFA - 1	Carrick, Sam $425,000$425,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Drysdale, Jamie $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA - 3	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
LaCombe, Jackson $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Gudas, Radko $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Dostal, Lukas $812,500$812,500 G RFA - 2
Hägg, Robert $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
White, Colton $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Vaakanainen, Urho $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Lundeström, Isac $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW RFA - 1

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

#26

CameronSquires

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Jarnkrok isn’t going for free, maybe a late pick at worst but not free

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

#27

RipNasty

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

2.086 over the cap, Jarnkrok is 2.1. everyone else in the neighborhood was a signing Treeiving just made, and Treeliving has traded Jarnkrok before.

So who are you loosing to get cap compliant?

They have many options to get there, you clowns just don't want to accept anything other than screwing over the Leafs. They could easily just send down Knies and be cap compliant with a 20 man roster. No matter how many times this is explained you guys just don't care to listen because it ruins your fun eh?

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

#28

RipNasty

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Quoting: pens1991

Probably going to pretend someone else has an injury so they can go on LTIR

You think Matt Murray would agree to this if he was healthy?

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:46 p.m.

#29

RipNasty

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

Would have to waive Laff and Timmins to be compliant

Or Robertson or Knies who are waiver exempt and a 20 man roster. You just don't want to accept that you are going to have to pay something to get the good players TO has. May as well just accept it and come to grips with reality.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:49 p.m.

#30

GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: MitchMafia

No one bud, they run 7 D (incl Timmins) and 11F (all waiver exempt players except Knies on marlies to start). Do the math or let cap friendly do it for you…not that complicated.

The only player not named Knies who is waiver exempt on the roster is Holmberg. If you were referring to Robertson, he's on IR, not on your current crop of roster forwards.

Forwards 13, $58,505,616
Defense 7, $21,950,000
Goalies 2, $4,316,667
Non knies waivers exempt player sum salary, $800,000

So you're either not using Knies, or you're exposing someone to waivers.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

#31

aadoyle

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All the Leafs really have to do is waive Timmins and are cap compliant. No need to move Jarnkrok unless they get value.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:16 p.m.

#32

GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: aadoyle

All the Leafs really have to do is waive Timmins and are cap compliant. No need to move Jarnkrok unless they get value.

Timmins and Holmbrrg are only 1.9, still short unless you send Knies down and run 11/6 at that point.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:22 p.m.

#33

MisstheWhalers

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Quoting: aadoyle

All the Leafs really have to do is waive Timmins and are cap compliant. No need to move Jarnkrok unless they get value.

I think thats what they'll do, take a chance with sending Timmins to the Marlies, if he's claimed on waivers so be it.
Treliving didn't bring Timmins in so he'll feel no obligation to him, cant see him trading Brodie or demoting Gio which I see some posts on here doing.

Could also see the Leafs signing a cheap veteran dmen or two to one-way league minimum contracts to play with the Marlies and be a veteran call up option should injuries happen, a guy like Jordie Benn for example.

Just an outsiders perspective, maybe I'll be completely wrong though.. lol 😆

Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:25 p.m.

#34

Ryminister_92

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Quoting: pens1991

I mean the Leafs didn't comment on the situation currently as to why he's on LTIR for the season and yet the player was available and deemed healthy in the playoffs and now all of a sudden hurt again? Yeah pretty suspicious, specially when the entire industry is saying the same thing lol. It's pretty easy to come out and explain the situation as to why he's on LTIR either from the Leafs or Murray himself. Everything pointed in paying to move the contract and then no one was willing and he all of a sudden is placed on LTIR???

Yeah I'm gonna sling that all day lol, and don't for one second as a leafs fan act like it isn't suspicious at all.

Healthy enough to sit on the bench to be a back up and healthy enough to play are 2 completely different things. If he was actually healthy Toronto woulda played him over a rookie goalie.

Hes dealing with post concussion issues and ankle issues. They’re legit injuries.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:29 p.m.

#35

Ryminister_92

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Quoting: MisstheWhalers

They’ll likely try to keep Timmins off waivers. He’d likely be claimed and they can’t afford that cause the depth on defence is thin, particularly right handed ones. & they’ve already signed those veteran, cheap defenceman in Lajoie and Lagesson. But again, both don’t shoot right so they’re trying to keep Timmins for now

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Aug. 2, 2023 at 6:47 p.m.

#36

aadoyle

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Quoting: MisstheWhalers

I think they might just trade Timmins for some AHL player to help the Marlies as to who its gonna be 0 idea rn

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Aug. 2, 2023 at 8:28 p.m.

#37

gmurrayt

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Quoting: RipNasty

You think Matt Murray would agree to this if he was healthy?

Although I do think Murray is banged up enough that he deserves to be on LTIR, he absolutely benefits from agreeing to go on LTIR when he did. Now Toronto cannot buy him out and he will get his full salary, which was not going to happen if he was deemed healthy enough to be considered an active player. Now Murray will get his full salary, all paid to him this year, and will also get the benefit of working on getting back on his game while utilizing Toronto's facilities, at Toronto's expense. If Murray argued he was healthy, he would have been bought out, made less money, and spread over 2 years, and would have had to foot the fill for any training expenses in order get his game back in order.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 9:56 p.m.

#38

RipNasty

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Quoting: gmurrayt

That's just disrespectful to Murray. He's a pro athlete who absolutely wants to play this game if he can. This isn't about money or cap circumvention. It's a person's health, and anyone saying otherwise should be ashamed of themselves.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 10:56 p.m.

#39

MitchMafia

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

Oh my - I’ll walk you through it:
Forwards : Knies, Matthews, Nylander
Bert, JT, Marner
Domi, Jampf, Jarny
Laff, Reaves
Defense:
Reilly, Brodie
McCabe, klinberg
Gio, Lili
Timmins
Goalie :
Sammy
Woll

Everyone else in the Marlies. I guess that means moving Gambrell through waivers; I assumed you’d get that but…

EZ PZ

Aug. 3, 2023 at 12:13 a.m.

#40

GiggywithGibby

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Quoting: MitchMafia

Oh yeah, try to casually slip in "I was wrong" while attempting to gaslight me in the same sentence, smooth move bro.

Aug. 3, 2023 at 10:01 a.m.

#41

MitchMafia

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Quoting: GiggywithGibby

Oh yeah, try to casually slip in "I was wrong" while attempting to gaslight me in the same sentence, smooth move bro.

You were 100% right. Leafs are over the cap; I’m sure Treliving is staying up at night trying to figure out how to send Gambrell through waivers 😂.
Get over yourself pal; your entire premise was wrong - ‘Leafs have to panic sell to get under the cap’ was absolutely, certifiably incorrect. But you be you 👏

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