Quoting: Leafs_fan13
Going to try and re-sign him? You gotta pay Byfield, Kailyev, Grundstom, While needing two goalies, a whole bottom 6 and 6th dman. Good luck. Shouldn’t have traded for PLD.
I mean, that last sentence I fully agree with.
Arvidsson won't be brought back, Kopi's cap drops 4mil, and the cap is rising almost 5 mil. Thats 13mil in space right there. Add Lizotte not likely being brought back and thats even more space.
It'll be tight but let's not act like Kaliyev and Grundstrom are going to demand any large raise. If they do, they're replaceable with Reign players close to the NHL.
Byfield and Roy are the two biggest pieces of business, followed by a better goalie (who will likely be backed up by Rittich at a close to league minimum deal). Outside of that, the roster is mainly set. The crunch will be if Byfield goes 8mil+. However if he bridges, there should be nearly no cap issues to resign Roy and a goalie for a total 8 ish mil.
As a Toronto fan, I'd think you would be used to a team finding its way out of cap binds to sign their most important players.