If Bozak/JVR Trades Are Necessary

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Created by: WookieNights

Team: 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 19, 2017

Published: Nov. 19, 2017

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I don't think either of them are going anywhere but if we absolutely had to for financial reasons, this is the kind of deals I'd expect to see.
STL is a top tier team lacking Centres, Bozak is a quality C who would genuinely help them in their playoff push and run. Given STL's place in the standings right now, the 2nd round pick will likely be late 2nd round. Tommy Vannelli isn't a great prospect but he could be a solid 3rd pairing guy, or, given that he's from the same town as Jake Gardiner, maybe they work up some chemistry together and he thrives in a pairing with him.
Then send JVR to a team on the bubble of a wild card spot like SJ, get back a C whose played 200+ NHL games and is $2M+ cheaper than Bozak to fill in the empty slot in the middle. Bring back O'Regan in hopes he develops in to a quality centre who would fit in well with the young guys. Then a 3rd for good measure as JVR is a really good forward.
Leaves us with more than enough money to resign Carrick & Nylander, five picks in the first 3 rounds, and two new prospects. Bozak/JVR have been huge for this team but that's not a bad return if they have to go.

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Vannelli, Thomas
2018 2nd round pick (STL)

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

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Eric Fehr: $975,000 ($2,000,000)
Martin Marincin: $225,000 ($1,250,000)
Roman Polák: $75,000 ($1,100,000)

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2018
2019
2020

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$75,000,000	$63,399,583	$5,370,000	$6,375,000	$11,600,417

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
Marleau, Patrick $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 5	Komarov, Leo $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Leivo, Josh $612,500$612,500 RW, LW UFA - 1	Karlsson, Melker $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Marner, Mitchell $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) 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	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
	O'Regan, Danny $858,750$858,750 C, LW UFA - 1	Soshnikov, Nikita $736,666$736,666 ($125,000$125K) RW UFA - 1

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

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. 19, 2017 at 6:11 p.m.

palhal

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???????You say "If Bozak/JVR Trades Are Necessary". Why are they necessary? Looks to me that Bozak and JVR are needed by the Leafs for the best shot at a successful playoff run. Do all 90 upcoming UFAs, get traded because they are upcoming UFAs?

Nov. 19, 2017 at 9:18 p.m.

WookieNights

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I know, I said that. I totally agree that they should stay, there's just been loads of talks about trading at least one of them because money will get tight when signing the big three to their contracts. I don't personally believe it is necessary as JVR and Bozak have been two of the best forwards so far this season, but they've been talking about it on Sportscentre every day since June so these are just the types of deals I'd like to see should they happen.

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