Don't know why you think the Leafs have a cap problem entering training camp. Teams are allowed to over the cap. And come October 1, the Leafs have Horton on LTIR guaranteed, and Lupul 99% guaranteed.
I have never read of any Golden Rule rules regarding Bozak, JVR and Kadri. But there is a "unwritten rule" that the Leafs would only trade these players for assets that would help this year and in future, since these players are needed this year to compete for playoff spot. Of course there are about 26 teams that are competing for playoff spots that have the same "unwritten rule."

Since you deleted your last post about the exact same thing with my comments on it I'll just say this:

I really believe you don't know the ins and outs of the NHL and especially the Leafs yet you continue to comment on them. And personally I don't care if your critiques come from an educated view on how you will disagree with whatever you want to disagree with......but it HAS to be educated. Your critiques are not. Your suggestions, most of the time, are some of the most irresponsibly concocted solutions I have ever seen. Which tells me you don't follow the Leafs at all. Please please please do some real research before commenting. I know you got it in ya.....just educate yourself.

If the Leafs have any intention of making the playoffs they aren't having Leivo and Rychel as their 3/4 LWers. And they aren't going to be testing Marner to play centre a position he played sometimes in junior.

I deleted a first version of the roster because it fell even further short of resulting in a full roster, and so it was easier to redo it than to add a paragraph of footnotes explaining the options.

I do know about the waiver dance, and you are wrong if you choose to believe it doesn't apply to the Leafs. It's an NHL rule.
If you have a different list of guys to send down to open the season, speak up.

While I appreciate your "golden rule" premises, I don't understand why the Leafs would give away Komarov, especially for nothing. Of all their big upcoming UFAs, Komarov will likely be the most affordable. He is well liked both in the dressing room and in this city and offers a nice mix of physical play, leadership, speed, ability to kill penalties and even score some goals. I can't see the Leafs letting him go. Also, it's terrible form to sign a UFA only to trade then trade them (ie Dominic Moore). Leafs have (or have had) a tough enough time enticing UFAs to sign in this city, running one right out of town basically immediately would not look good on this management group or team as a whole.

Illustration #2: The Upper Limit in a League Year is $70.0 million. On
the last day of Training Camp, a Club has an Averaged Club Salary of $71
million (excluding Earnable Performance Bonuses up to the full amount of
the Performance Bonus Cushion). On the last day of Training Camp, a
Player who has an SPC with an Averaged Amount of $2.0 million
becomes unfit to play. On the same day, the Club Loans two Players who
have SPCs with an aggregate Averaged Amount of $2.0 million to the
minors, decreasing its Averaged Club Salary to $69 million. The Club
then acquires a Player who has an SPC with an Averaged Amount of $1
million increasing its Averaged Club Salary to $70 million. Subsequently,
on Opening Day, the Club exercises the Bona-Fide Long-Term
Injury/Illness Exception on the unfit-to-play Player. The Club may then
replace that Player with Players who have SPCs with an (aggregate)
Averaged Amount of $2.0 million. If these replacements are made on
Opening Day and are maintained through the conclusion of the season, the
Club's Averaged Club Salary is $72.0 million, as the Club is permitted to
exceed the Upper Limit by $2.0 million because of the Bona-Fide LongTerm
Injury/Illness Exception.

For the Atheltic, James Mirtle wrote an article about the Leafs current cap situation, and how they aren't in any trouble because of a few back doors in the NHL rules. Did you know you can use LTIR in the offseason? Bill Daley confirmed it and John Chayka used it last offseason. It's pretty interesting and you should give it a check.

I didn't know LTIR could be used until Mirtle reported it, because it had never been reported before, but that doesn't change what I'm talking about. This is a different thing where every year there's a flood of players being sent down to the AHL before waivers kick in the day after training camp, and for the teams using LTIR a bunch coming back through re-entry waivers on the next day.

The only reason I brought it up is because lately I've been seeing EVERYONE attacking the Leafs for being in cap hell, and want to bring light to the real situation.

I didn't know LTIR could be used until Mirtle reported it, because it had never been reported before, but that doesn't change what I'm talking about. This is a different thing where every year there's a flood of players being sent down to the AHL before waivers kick in the day after training camp, and for the teams using LTIR a bunch coming back through re-entry waivers on the next day.