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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 1, 2023 at 12:05 p.m.
Thread: Rounding out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CCM46</b></div><div>No, LTIR space is a complicated calculation.... the basics here The league upper limit is $69M. A team has an averaged club salary of $68M and a player with a 35+ contract with an AAV of $5M ($3M cap hit and $2M in performance bonuses) becomes injured and the team places him on LTIR.
The LTIR relief pools are calculated as follows:
AAV of LTIR player is $5M
Cap space = $69M - $68M = $1M
ACSL = $69M - $1M = $68M
LTIR relief:
Base salary relief pool: $3M
Performance bonus pool: $2M
Once the team operates above $68M, they have $3M in salary relief, and $2M in performance bonus relief pools.

Based on this according to CF main page Toronto is 2 mil over the LTIR Limit</div></div>

I mispoke on what is causing the issue while Toronto has the 10+mil on LTIR they still are over the cap by 12+ mil which that is whats cause the cap issues making Timmons and/or Jarnkrok a cap casualty. Had to rethink it.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsJul. 30, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.
Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 2024 Offseason Discussion - Draft Day And Free Agency
<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#KHL</a> Salavat General Director Rinat Bashirov with a little update about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#LeafsForever</a> prospect Rodion AmirovSource: <a href="https://t.co/fCFOrLLqwm" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/fCFOrLLqwm</a> <a href="https://t.co/pye1Sy81KW" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/pye1Sy81KW</a></p>— Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) <a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyNewsHub/status/1685602407848230913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 30, 2023</a></blockquote>

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I really hope the Rodion Amirov comeback story goes down in history.

Would bring tears to my eyes to see this guy suit up for the Leafs.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 31, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.
Thread: My top 15 at each position
Thank you for acknowledging Dahlin, still blows my mind that many professional writers and fans won't have him in the top 10 D in many posts. I'm not sure what else he'd have to do for those people to recognize him.

It seems like there is some recency bias in many of the ranks, but perhaps you simply weigh recent performance as more valuable than track-record. For example I'd say Brandon Montour shouldn't be in the top 10 RHD after one really good season. To me he'd have to show that ability for another season before I would believe he's the 6th best RHD. Also Filip Gustafsson after one good season imo wouldn't be considered the 8th best in the league

I'd personally put Mackinnon 2nd behind McDavid and then one of Matthews or Drai next. Also Barkov could be higher depending on how much one values his defensive game, which is very good. I'd for sure put him ahead of Eichel and probably over Pettersson as well. I'll admit I really like Bratt as a player but do think regardless of my bias that he is equal to a guy like Fiala and therefore deserves being moved up the list.

Anyways, good list overall. Thanks for putting it together! The above are simply my thoughts and opinions.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 27, 2023 at 6:03 p.m.
Thread: Drive the chevy to the Levi until the Levi goes dry
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jal</b></div><div>Brodie is a decent but not among the top 4 defensemen on a strong team, let alone the Sabres.

The top 4 defensemen for the Sabres are Dahlin, Samuelsson, Clifton, and Powers.

Brodie would likely be a substitute player if any of these top 4 defensemen were injured. Additionally, the Sabres also have Johnson, Lyubushkin, and Bryson, all of whom have comparable statistics. So I could see Brodie sitting or on the 3rd line if he was on the sabres.

Regarding placing Murray on LTIR, I find it frustrating that this league allows teams to exploit the LTIR provision for "injured" players. It's time to reconsider the rules to prevent teams from bending or even cheating the system. Whatever happened to integrity and honesty, both in the workplace and in life? It's essential to uphold fair play and transparency.</div></div>


Brodie would pretty much be a top 4 D on almost every team in the league. He would also be a more stabilizing presence for either Dahlin and Power allowing them to become more offensive. Also Vlifton is more of a third pairing defensemen who can play up in the event of injuries, but he shouldn’t be trusted long term.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.
Thread: Nylander
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs101</b></div><div>meh, Toronto's issue is overhyped, truly just got f*cked over by the COVID flat cap, otherwise would've been totally fine.

And look, I agree with you - personally I wouldn't do it as the Jackets but just looking at how they've been dealing it wouldn't surprise me if they made a big move for Willy should he become available.

You guys didn't need those players, you had the stopgaps internally - Severson at 8 years can't possibly be considered just a "stopgap". You had Peeke, Gudbranson, Boqvist, Jiricek down the right side. For a team that should be focusing on development and rebuilding that's more than enough of a stopgap (Gudbranson signing was also baffling but that was a year ago, anyways...). And Provorov - you don't pay that much in assets for simply a "stopgap" - if you wanted that you could find that in free agency, just overpay some steady LD on a 2-3 year deal and give up no assets.

I agree totally with you in terms of the direction this team SHOULD be taking from a management perspective, but to me it just seems like Jarmo is very willing to sacrifice some future for some current players.

And hey - with such a stacked prospect pool to deal from and still keep a lot of, maybe he's right you turn out like the Devils, but I don't love the signings/moves. Love the young talent, but not the way the GM has been approaching it.</div></div>

Agree a ton on this. Any team that gave out long term high AAV contracts from 2017-2020 got overly screwed by Covid and all the hate those GMs get for being in cap crunches is asinine. Those GMs did great jobs with what was known at the time. Toronto should have had 5+ mil to do moves each of the last few summers but were given pretty much nothing.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2023 at 12:19 p.m.
Thread: Nylander
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>The_Cannon</b></div><div>
I’m glad we agree that this deal is bad for cbj and doesn’t make sense. But at the very core of this. We cannot pay nylander johnny and laine a total of nearly 30 million dollars. I still trust Jamro to do this right.</div></div>

I actually think we can pay those 3 that money... since we have a 1C on a ELC cap hit. Laine expires right when we would have to back up the truck for Fantilli so he would be a "Cap Casualty" in 3 years. Until then we can pay those 3 top line wingers that much. Maybe I'm wrong tho, its just how I see it right now. Make a team that can compete over Fantilli's ELC contract then have guys expire once his contract comes up for a pay raise. Gudbranson's contract also comes up the same time as when Fantilli's expires (If Gudbranson doesn't get bought out before then) so we will have almost 13 mil in cap space from expiring contracts (add in what ever the cap ceiling raise is that year as well) when Fantilli's is up so we can resign him and do a retool if need be.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.
Thread: Nylander
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs101</b></div><div>Matthews isn't going anywhere. Nylander maybe, but doesn't necessarily have to. What people don't fully grasp about Toronto is because we have so many guys on short term deals we have all the cap flexibility we need to keep everyone. Will we, is a different question. Nylander's NTC is only 10 teams, meaning there are 22 teams available to trade to, and I'd have to imagine a significant portion would be calling on Nylander. Even just as a rental that return is arguably just ok at best, it would cost more than that for Nylander.

And before the DeBrincat deal gets brought up, its all about leverage - OTT had utterly none because he basically would only sign long term in Detroit. If Nylander's really going money hunting for the 9.5-10M range, he can't/won't be particularly picky about where he ends up. Different situations.</div></div>

Fair enough. I tend to not offer enough when doing these. Definitely think we would have to give up more, maybe not that much more, but more!
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsJul. 2, 2023 at 4:59 p.m.
Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 2024 Offseason Discussion - Draft Day And Free Agency
<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tyler Bertuzzi is joining the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#leafs</a> on a one-year contract worth $5.5M AAV. <a href="https://twitter.com/NorthStarBet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@NorthStarBet</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@TSN_Sports</a></p>— Chris Johnston (<a href="/users/reporterchris" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@reporterchris</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1675609110664937472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 2, 2023</a></blockquote>

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Murray meet LTIR...LTIR Meet Murray