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Kessel4LadyByng
It used to be Leivo who was supposed to 'fill these holes' (lol), then Kap, and now it's Johnsson. It would be nice if some of this actually happened, but it never does.
I'll probably get flamed for saying it, but the leafs will most likely sign a UFA to replace JVR. The other likely thing is that they sign JVR.
The NHL is not always a smooth running escalator.
They likely don’t have the cap flexibility to give a bigger contract to a UFA winger unless they’re willing to take a 1 year deal.
Management is vlgoing to rely on internal replacements: