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Created by: BriGuy
Team: 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs
Initial Creation Date: Dec. 27, 2023
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
Make your suggestions for the team below (as realistic as possible considering cap & assets):

(The list of guys traded for/away is not exhaustive, just my ideas from teams which are likely to be sellers.)

Needs:
-2 bottom six wingers
-2 Right shot Defensemen

Here's how I see the Leaf lining up in this scenario:

Cap space, just over $9.6 million.

-Ideally both wingers are of the "heavy, tough to play against, hard forechecker" type. The 3rd liner can compensate a bit of that grit for skill (ie, Eberle)

-Right shot, defensive specimens. Plain and simple. Heavy, tough, hard nosed guys. The way I see it, Rielly has proved time and time again he can buoy a brick type stay-at-home RD (see Hainsey, Polak, Schenn, Lyubushkin, etc), and would love to see another solid two-way RD carry the 2nd pair with McCabe.

-Running with Woll/Jones is risky... but its the only I see to get the cap space to acquire the necessary upgrades. Obviously if goaltending becomes an issue, it will be have to be dealt with and most likely take up the majority of available cap space/assets the Leafs are willing to use up this season.

All fringe players, picks & prospects outside of Minten & Cowan are on the board.

My picks:

3rd line winger - Perron or Eberle (both 50%) $2.375-2.75MM

4th line winger - Trenin (50%) or Blais $850k-1MM

RD - Lyubushkin (50%) & Larsson $5.375MM
or
RD - Tanev (50%) & Savard $5.75MM
Trades
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5.
6.
TOR
    Cleaning Up the LTIR list for visual purposes only
    7.
    TOR
    1. Tanev, Christopher ($2,250,000 retained)
    8.
    MTL
    1. 2024 1st round pick (TOR)
    9.
    10.
    TOR
    1. Trenin, Yakov ($850,000 retained)
    NSH
    1. Abruzzese, Nick
    2. Timmins, Conor
    3. 2026 3rd round pick (TOR)
    11.
    TOR
      Future Considerations.
      CHI gets a G they can evaluate the rest of the season, hope he regains his form without any pressure, and re-sign if they please. Or retain $$ and flip to another team for an asset.
      CHI
      1. Samsonov, Ilya ($640,000 retained)
      Retained Salary Transactions
      DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
      2024
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      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the CGY
      Logo of the VAN
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the OTT
      2025
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the CHI
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      2026
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      Logo of the TOR
      ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
      22$83,500,000$80,124,783$0$0$3,375,217
      Left WingCentreRight Wing
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $925,000$925,000
      LW, RW
      RFA - 2
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $11,640,250$11,640,250
      C
      NMC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $10,903,000$10,903,000
      RW
      NMC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $5,500,000$5,500,000
      LW, RW
      NMC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $11,000,000$11,000,000
      C, LW
      NMC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $6,962,366$6,962,366
      RW
      NMC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $2,100,000$2,100,000
      RW, C, LW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 3
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $3,000,000$3,000,000
      C, RW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
      $2,375,000$2,375,000
      RW, LW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Nashville Predators
      $850,000$850,000
      LW, C
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $2,400,000$2,400,000
      C
      M-NTC
      UFA - 4
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $775,000$775,000
      LW, RW
      RFA - 1
      Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $7,500,000$7,500,000
      LD
      NMC
      UFA - 7
      Logo of the Calgary Flames
      -$1,125,000-$1,125,000
      RD
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $766,667$766,667
      G
      RFA - 2
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $2,000,000$2,000,000
      LD/RD
      M-NTC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
      $3,500,000$3,500,000
      RD
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $875,000$875,000
      G
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $800,000$800,000
      LD
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $5,000,000$5,000,000
      LD/RD
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $775,000$775,000
      LD
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
      $4,400,000$4,400,000
      RD
      M-NTC
      UFA - 3
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $762,500$762,500
      RW, LW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $4,000,000$4,000,000
      RD
      M-NTC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
      $687,500$687,500
      RD
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $2,700,000$2,700,000
      RD
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the San Jose Sharks
      $1,100,000$1,100,000
      LD/RD
      UFA - 3
      Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
      $1,456,250$1,456,250
      LW, C
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $5,500,000$5,500,000
      RW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $5,166,666$5,166,666
      C, LW, RW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
      $4,000,000$4,000,000
      LW, C, RW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $3,500,000$3,500,000
      LW, RW
      M-NTC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
      $2,650,000$2,650,000
      C, LW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the St. Louis Blues
      $1,250,000$1,250,000
      LW, RW
      RFA - 2
      Logo of the St. Louis Blues
      $1,000,000$1,000,000
      LW, RW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
      $800,000$800,000
      LW, C
      RFA - 1
      Logo of the St. Louis Blues
      $775,000$775,000
      RW, C
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Seattle Kraken
      $775,000$775,000
      C, LW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
      $758,333$758,333
      RW
      RFA - 1
      Taxi Squad
      Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
      $1,350,000$1,350,000 ($200,000$200K$200,000$200K)
      RW
      UFA - 3

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      Dec. 28, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.
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      Wingers:
      Max Jones
      Liam O’Brien

      Defence:
      Adam Larsson
      Travis Hamonic


      Total cost: $7.17M
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      Dec. 28, 2023 at 6:44 p.m.
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      Hawks won't have any interest in Samsonov. Mrazak is healthy and playing very well. And the Hawks seem committed to seeing what they have in Soderblom. So Samsonov isn't getting playing time in Chicago.
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      Dec. 28, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.
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      Quoting: Hawksguy81
      Hawks won't have any interest in Samsonov. Mrazak is healthy and playing very well. And the Hawks seem committed to seeing what they have in Soderblom. So Samsonov isn't getting playing time in Chicago.


      Totally agree. The only way the Hawks bring in Samsonov is if they trade Mrazek and even then they aren’t taking him for free, the Leafs will need to add a pick.
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      Dec. 28, 2023 at 9:26 p.m.
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      mokumboi
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      Blais could be available. The other two not so much.
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