Leafs Add Right Shot D man

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Created by: Driedger18

Team: 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 5, 2017

Published: Nov. 5, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Leafs have so much forward depth that they should use some of that to go for some upside late developing d men to bolster their back end.

Trades

TOR

Schmaltz, Jordan

STL

Buyouts

Tim Gleason: $1,333,333
Jared Cowen: $750,000
Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Buried

Eric Fehr: $975,000 ($2,000,000)
Martin Marincin: $225,000 ($1,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$75,000,000	$70,142,500	$5,370,000	$5,825,000	$4,857,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Matthews, Auston $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Nylander, William $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 1
van Riemsdyk, James $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Bozak, Tyler $4,200,000$4,200,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW UFA - 2
Marleau, Patrick $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 5	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Leivo, Josh $612,500$612,500 RW, LW UFA - 1	Komarov, Leo $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1	Kapanen, Kasperi $863,333$863,333 RW UFA - 2
Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Moore, Dominic $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 5	Hainsey, Ron $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 2	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 7	McElhinney, Curtis $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 2
	Schmaltz, Jordan $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) RD UFA - 1
Borgman, Andreas $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2	Carrick, Connor $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
	Polák, Roman $1,100,000$1,100,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
		Lupul, Joffrey $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Nov. 5, 2017 at 8:45 p.m.

palhal

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24 years old, never played in the NHL, what's his upside, especially since the Blues haven't had him with the big club.

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Nov. 5, 2017 at 9:14 p.m.

Driedger18

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I can always count on you palhal to comment and rip apart leafs ideas.

The upside is that he hasn't had a chance to play yet so why not take a shot on him and see. He's a right shot two way d man that the leafs need so we deal from a position of strength(forward depth, bracco can't even get into the marlies lineup) for a young d man who was a firsts round pick

Nov. 6, 2017 at 9:03 a.m.

palhal

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Quoting: Driedger18

I'm not ripping the trade. But please be accurate, the Blues have had injuries on defence, and Shattenkirk left and this RHD still hasn't found his way in the NHL, so he had the opporuntity to be in the NHL I just question if the is NHL good.
Seems to me, so many Leaf fans see "RHD" and think that any player can lead them to the promise land. RHD? Righteous, Heavenly, Deity.

Nov. 6, 2017 at 8:41 p.m.

Driedger18

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Quoting: palhal

Quoting: Driedger18

I'm trying to be realistic. Everyone knows Babcock likes to have leftys and rightys so I'm just looking for what I perceive as cheaper right shot d men that could provide some value. I'm not claiming he's going to save the leafs and be a world beater, I just think their is some value to adding a player like him that is a right shot. From what I've read he's a mobile two way d man who could help on our third pair. Apart from very unique circumstances super talented right shot d men don't become available so I'm trying to find cheaper ones that could have the upside to become something if given a chance. Otherguys I like are Philippe Myers, Collin Miller, Rasmus Andersson and Kyle Wood

Nov. 6, 2017 at 10:11 p.m.

palhal

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Hi Driedger18. There are definite benefits to having 3 or 4 capable RHD. Facts is most players are left handed shots, so your odds are you can't get this balance with competent Dman. I'm disappointed that Carrick seems to have regressed this year another wise maybe it wouldn't be such an issue. Leafs top two picks last summer were RHD so maybe there is hope for the future. But until then....competent RHD are just so hard to find. Actually I'm a RHD. but I haven't had any calls from NHL clubs this year.

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