hypothetically, lets go under the impression the big 3 will make 25 million. all of their contracts will go into effect starting in 2019. marleau only has 1 year left on that deal. lets also assume the cap is only going up 2 million from 2018 to 2019, so the new cap is 83 million. 31.25 million for four players is a lot, but the leafs have good long term contracts that make out the rest of the roster. kadri, martin, hyman, brown, reilly, zaitsev, dermott and andersen count towards only 26.713333 of the cap. add that with the cap hit obtained from the big 3 and marleau and you get around 58 million of cap space used on 12 players. now lets look at the rookies. keep in mind we are referring to the year 2019-2020. andreas johsnon, carl grundstrom, calle rosen miro aaltonen, andreas borgman and timothey lillegren will make the team. they will make a combined 10 million. the total is now 68 million used on 18 players. the this leaves the leafs with 12 million dollars of cap to spend on 5 players. lets also assume leivo re signs with us for 2.5 million, which makes us now at 70.5 million for 19 players. we need 4 more player to fill out the roster. players would be a 4th line C, a 13th forward, a bottom pair dman, a back up goalie, which are all cheap to acquire. this also doesn't include the additional 5 million from nathan horton's cap going on the ltir which will give the leafs even more cap.