Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 21, 2023

Published: Oct. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

A few takeaways:

1. Leafs have no intention of moving Brodie. They view Rielly/Brodie as a lock, apparently Rielly wasn't too happy with them being broken up last year as well.
2. Garland has horribly negative value but nobody will touch him. Apparently the Canucks offered a high pick, Garland (with retained salary) to Chicago who declined. They didn't want someone who isn't part of their plans for the Bedard Playoffs team in future years stuck on their team. Was told he likely gets moved for another ill fitting player on a bad contract (example giving was Gudbransson).
3. Myers has positive value despite his bad play with the Canucks. Many GMs think that Vancouver's system + playing him 20+ mins a night are the reason he is so poor and GMs feel at 15m a night he could be a solid 3RD.
4. Leafs internally have Klingberg as their #1. They feel that Rielly/Brodie is a solid 2nd pair and that some combination of McCabe/Gio/Lili/Timmins can make a solid third pair. The #1 goal is to bring in a partner for Klingberg who can help elevate his game back to where it was 2-3 years ago when he was a #1.
5. Leafs don't like Domi as a C. They don't think he plays defensively as a C in the way they want and this is why they rather call up Holmberg.
6. Leafs don't feel they need help upfront. They are confident that they have many players on the Marlies who can fill in the bottom 6, this could change but right now they aren't trying to acquire any bottom 6 guys.
7. Secondary concern after a partner for Klingberg is to acquire a big D to replace Lili at 3RD if he doesn't progress as expected. Leafs really wanted Desharnais over the summer from Edmonton.

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