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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 10, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
Thread: TML 2022-23 TML
The zombie Muzzin-to-Los-Angeles-in-spite-of-the-cap trades never stop . . .

Fortunately, the Kevin Fiala acquisition and Adrian Kempe signing have now made all Jake-Muzzin-to-Los-Angeles trades impossible. Pretty soon they should die out, as even Toronto fans will eventually get the numerical message.

Current roster:
11 forwards = $43.3 million
4 defenders = $17.5 million (Doughty, Roy, Walker, Spence)
2 goalies = $10.8 million
dead cap = $2 million
Subtotal = $73.6 million
Grundstrom = $1 million or more
Vilardi = $1 million or less
Turcotte, or other promotion from Ontario = < $1 million
Anderson = $2.5 million or more
Durzi = $1.5 million
Total = $80.6 million or more
Amount remaining for one LD = less than $1.9 million

So we couldn't fit Muzzin in at 50% retention ($2,812,500) unless you took Alex Iafallo back, which would mean adding your 2023 first-round draft pick to the offer.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 24, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.
Thread: 2022
When will it stop?

Once again, deluded Toronto fans refusing to give up on the Muzzin-back-to-Los-Angeles wet dream and still flogging the dead horse they had to dig up first . . .

. . . as if Muzzin would approve the trade to begin with.

Just out of curiosity, how does this segment of the Maple Leafs fanbase think the mechanics of this transaction would unfold? Doesn't it occur to anyone that before Dubas could make this offer to Blake, he'd have to go to Muzzin and ask him to waive his NTC? And who thinks Muzzin would prefer to return to Los Angeles instead of stay at home?

And the idea that we would trade local boy Trevor Moore, our biggest surprise of last season, for him is just cuckoo. Never mind the fact that Muzzin doesn't fit without at least 40% retention.

By the way, our offer for DeBrincat is Alex Iafallo, Alex Turcotte, Jordan Spence or Helge Grans, our 2022 first-round draft pick, and our 2023 second-round draft pick.