Quoting: SharkTank
The Leafs print money!
What are you talking about?
Oh you mean cap space?
Well UFA Chatfield isn't taking 1 mil. LOL
Abracadabra is AHL fodder.
He won't be on the team.
Michigan boy Roy probably signs with Detroit.
Bert probably signs with another team looking for a bigger payday.
Domi probably takes 3 mil again to stay.
Kampf contract is trade proof.
He's not going anywhere.
Jarnkrok stays and that's a good value contract for Tree.
Timmins likely stays to be the 6/7D.
Trauna boy Tanev likely signs.
Tree will figure it out.
Not sure what Tree will do at goalie?
Leafs are actually in pretty good shape for next season.
What is this dumb narrative that every player wants to sign with their hometown team? It’s dumb. Not every player wants to and there’s been no indication that Roy wants to or that Tanev has to be the guy that Toronto brings in for that reason. So stop making stuff up.
Kampf’s contract isn’t as bad as users on here make it seem to be. He’s exactly what he’s always been - a bottom 6 defensive minded centre that helps a PK unit and can relied upon to win key faceoffs. Is he slightly overpaid? Sure you could make that argument. But that’s more because people think he should put up more offence but he’s not paid to do that. The issue isn’t with his contract but it’s because the core 5 take up so much cap space that teams know Toronto may have to move Kampf for cap space so the return will be low. But it has nothing to do with the player or his contract.
Jarnkrok is a very likely trade candidate in the off-season. Yes he’s very useful as you’ve said, but he doesn’t play the style that Treliving envisions for a bottom 6 role and there’s just no room for him in the top 6. But because he’s a very useful player that coaches and teammates absolutely love, he’ll have value and can get them a good asset in return plus free up some cap space. So there’s a good chance he’s dealt this summer.
Leafs are actually in a very tough spot for next season. They have a little over $22.5M in cap space to sign 8-10 players - that’s an average of $2.81M per player on the high end and $2.25M per player on the low end. And they have some pretty significant holes to fill that won’t be cheap:
- middle 6 centre that can play some 2C
- 2nd pair left handed defender
- top pair right handed defender
- bottom 4 right handed defender
- reliable, capable, veteran backup goalie
Plus they need to be able to retain their depth. All of that with VERY limited draft picks and almost no prospects ready to make the jump to full time NHLer yet. This will definitely be a tough off-season for management to keep the team as a contender.