No Gio? Did you demote him to the minors? If so, you likely really pissed him off after everything he did to help the team. Gio retires and Toronto has to carry his cap hit for the year.

I don't understand the distain for Gio. He played hard minutes last season and was still a plus 27.

It's not so much distain. I made the decision essentially between Gio and Timmons to get compliant. I ultimately decided Timmons due to rfa/age and gio's age. I also thought about Klingberg😂. I am scared of what I've heard of defensively and we could afford spares with him waived and I doubt anyone would claim that contract. I also feel Gio will get the same choice/respect Spezza and Simmonds got.

I wrote out like a line by line thing originally and I don't see it🤔.

I think he'd get the Simmonds/spezza type treatment. Even though in "minors", still be there and when he is needed they recall. Playoffs cap is no longer relevant and he'll be more rested and you can just play the best 6/7.