Leafs Look Ahead 2526 III

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Created by: Hockey_Hippy

Team: 2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 6, 2024

Published: Jan. 6, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Grebenkin, Nikita		3	$775,000
Lisowsky, Brandon		3	$775,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Benoit, Simon	1	$1,000,000
Gregor, Noah	1	$1,000,000
Hildeby, Dennis	2	$1,200,000
Hirvonen, Roni	2	$900,000
Holmberg, Pontus	2	$1,100,000
Knies, Matthew	2	$2,200,000
Kokkonen, Mikko	2	$1,000,000
Liljegren, Timothy	1	$3,500,000
Ovchinnikov, Dmitry	2	$900,000
Robertson, Nicholas	1	$1,400,000
Steeves, Alex	1	$900,000
Timmins, Conor	2	$1,600,000
Villeneuve, William	2	$900,000
Woll, Joseph	1	$2,400,000
Niemelä, Topi	2	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nylander, William	8	$11,500,000
Lagesson, William	1	$1,000,000
Marner, Mitchell	6	$12,500,000
Tavares, John	3	$3,000,000
Larsson, Adam	3	$6,000,000
Draisaitl, Leon	6	$12,000,000
McCabe, Jake	3	$5,000,000

Trades

TOR

2025 4th round pick (PIT)
2026 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Dubas is familiar with both of these prospects and knows what they bring to the table. They'll both play for Pittsburgh. The 1st would be Top 10 protected and rolled over into 2027 if too high.

PIT

Additional Details:

The Leafs are in their window of contention now and they have the cap space to strengthen their lineup which makes breaking in a young defenseman an iffy proposition. The better bet is to re-load the pipeline.

TOR

2025 4th round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

Kampf is the kind of guy who can insulate young forwards from the PK, mentor them defensively, and can cycle well in the offensive zone. He's also historically pretty solid in the dot.

DET

Kämpf, David

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
22	$92,000,000	$91,847,500	$0	$0	$152,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Knies, Matthew $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, RW RFA	Matthews, Auston $13,250,000$13,250,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $12,500,000$12,500,000 RW UFA
Tavares, John $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA	Draisaitl, Leon $12,000,000$12,000,000 C, LW UFA	Nylander, William $11,500,000$11,500,000 RW UFA - 7
Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Minten, Fraser $845,833$845,833 C, LW RFA - 1	Robertson, Nicholas $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW, RW RFA
Gregor, Noah $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW RFA	Holmberg, Pontus $1,100,000$1,100,000 C, LW RFA	Steeves, Alex $900,000$900,000 LW, RW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $7,500,000$7,500,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Larsson, Adam $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA	Woll, Joseph $2,400,000$2,400,000 G RFA
McCabe, Jake $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA	Liljegren, Timothy $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD RFA	Hildeby, Dennis $1,200,000$1,200,000 G RFA
Benoit, Simon $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Timmins, Conor $1,600,000$1,600,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Tverberg, Ryan $851,667$851,667 RW, C RFA - 1		Reaves, Ryan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 1
Lagesson, William $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA

Jan. 6 at 3:12 p.m.

CoachCoach

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Edited Jan. 6 at 3:54 p.m.

I would assume Copp and Compher will be just fine in that role in 2 years, so no room for Kampf.

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Jan. 6 at 3:24 p.m.

brgh4life

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I would love to see Topi learn behind Letang and Karlsson, but he will be stuck behind them until 2027. Too high a price for a guy who won't be able to shine. Pens would be better off using that for a young forward.

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Jan. 6 at 4:15 p.m.

palhal

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Seems like so many think the Leafs should be noticeable older with long term contracts.
Knies is better than 2.2m, and I imagine you've underpaid other Leafs RFAs.

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Jan. 6 at 4:31 p.m.

Hockey_Hippy

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Edited Jan. 6 at 4:40 p.m.

Quoting: CoachCoach

I would assume Copp and Compher will be just fine in that role in 2 years, so no room for Kampf.

Placeholder trade, they'll get a 4th from someone for him who needs him for that purpose. But yeah, so long as they play all two minutes, you got no worries.

Jan. 6 at 4:33 p.m.

Hockey_Hippy

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Edited Jan. 6 at 4:41 p.m.

Quoting: palhal

Seems like so many think the Leafs should be noticeable older with long term contracts.
Knies is better than 2.2m, and I imagine you've underpaid other Leafs RFAs.

2 year term. He has plenty of time to increase that before he is UFA.

Jan. 6 at 4:37 p.m.

Hockey_Hippy

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Quoting: brgh4life

You're not just getting Topi there, you're also getting Kokkonen. He's been doing quite well for Toronto this year. It is likely any forward you get with a mid first round pick in 2026 (remember it is top 10 protected with 2027 rollover as indicated in the notes) is three years away, so you are looking at 2029 before you get any returns on that.

Jan. 6 at 5:58 p.m.

brgh4life

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Quoting: Hockey_Hippy

We don't need another LD. That's one thing we have in the system.

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Jan. 6 at 7:09 p.m.

aedoran

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Quoting: brgh4life

We don't need another LD. That's one thing we have in the system.

This is CapFriendly when do the other teams needs matter???

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Jan. 6 at 7:55 p.m.

Hockey_Hippy

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Quoting: brgh4life

We don't need another LD. That's one thing we have in the system.

Could easily sub in Ty Voit for Kokkonen.

Jan. 7 at 6:38 p.m.

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HypotheticalImpossibility

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Kampf is the type of guy you'd have to pay to offload. It's not that he's bad, he's just expensive for his role.

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