Sportsnet: Leafs have 18.45 million in cap room this offseason

[SmellOfVictory]

Thornton potentially, but no way Tavares takes a 1 year deal.

Why not? If they give him a one year deal at max, he comes out of it still in his 20s, and likely coming off a good year given the players he'd be playing with. It's a risk as any short term contract is for a player, but it also has the potential benefit of effectively extending his final major contract by a year.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Those positions still need to be filled

We already have too many wingers looking for spots so not really a problem.

JVR, Komarov - Leivo/Kapanen/Johnsson
Polak - Ozhiganov/Borgman/ a pilon
Bozak - Tavares / Bozak at much cheaper than his current salary
Plekanec - Literally anyone but probably Altonen

Replacements make less than 3M combined sans Tavares / Bozak.

 

[rent free]

Easier said than done.
Bozak, JVR etc are quality bottom 6. If you gut your 3 and 4 lines you end up getting eaten alive by well balanced teams i.e. the Oilers

Bozak and jvr aren't that great. They're very sheltered players. We also have better all around players to fill those holes like johnsson and finding a 3C shouldn't be that hard.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Misused? He has been put in the best position to succeed and rack up points on the wing with Matthews.

If he played at C this year he would have had a much tougher time carrying a line on his own and taking on the defensive responsibilities at that position.

Nylander IIRC did play about 15 games at center this year, so....

 

[Apotheosis]

The usage of the cap, IMO, solely depends on how much Nylander signs for. Will likely get Ehlers money, so 6-6.25, which bodes well for getting Marner and Matthews locked up to good deals.

 

[Lenerdosy]

It's go after Tavares, Thornton for a 1 year deal, Stastny if he takes a 2 year deal or just go for lower priced players.

Thorton or Stastny might take 1 year deals eventhough I find it hard to see Thorton leaving SJ. No way Tavaras is taking a 1 year deal unless he's offered max money, this is his chance to cash in on a 7/8 year deal (8 if he could find a team willing to toss the NYI a pick for his rights if he is for sure not resigning there). Stastny could be an interesting fit, he's found a good place in Winnipeg right now so it will be interesting to see if he's willing to hop ship from there.

Either way it'll be interesting to see what TO will do, they have 1 year before they have to write 2 more big paychecks.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Nobody said anything about gutting the bottom 6. It is going to be a very different bottom 6. There are absolutely real options internally that will be able to step in and fill in for the lost spots to free agency. Especially on the wing. Meanwhile the Leafs just might shift Nylander to centre next year and all of a sudden depth isn't such a problem anymore.

Yeah, this guy probably doesn't watch the Leafs. The only guy who would be a big loss is JVR but if you replaced him with Tavares you actually gain.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

The usage of the cap, IMO, solely depends on how much Nylander signs for. Will likely get Ehlers money, so 6-6.25, which bodes well for getting Marner and Matthews locked up to good deals.

Yeah, the hope is he signs closer to Ehlers than Pastrnak. Hopefully playing with Matthews and their chemistry is a selling point.

 

[yababy]

Nobody said anything about gutting the bottom 6. It is going to be a very different bottom 6. There are absolutely real options internally that will be able to step in and fill in for the lost spots to free agency. Especially on the wing. Meanwhile the Leafs just might shift Nylander to centre next year and all of a sudden depth isn't such a problem anymore.

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.
You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.

You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

Wow, you really must have no faith in Tavares.

 

[mammothCacti]

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.
You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

Kovalchuk?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Do these jokers have any foresight?

“Marleau contract will handicap the team”
“How will they fit the big three under the cap”

Maybe listen to the fans who live and breathe this team.

when with the devils Lou Lam worked some miracles with contracts and maybe they hope the same in TO?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.
You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

The Oilers made trades that actively took skill and speed out of the team. Giving a player like Johnsson more ice time and someone like Kapanen more ice time is actually going to increase the speed of the Leafs. Will they replace all 36 goals of JVR? Probably not but his impact at 5v5 is minimal. It is the powerplay where the Leafs will have to really re-work the way it functions without JVR. I truly don't understand how this is in anyway similar to the Oilers either. What free agents did they lose last year? They just straight up didn't fill holes and made their depth worse all on their own.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Kovalchuk - Tavares - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Johnsson - Gauthier - Brown



But seriously people are really cherry picking if they think the Leafs are in trouble by letting JvR walk...... they clearly have never watched our games. We don't need a single player to replace his goals,we need to continue to develop internally.

 

[Magic Man]

Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Kovalchuk - Tavares - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Johnsson - Gauthier - Brown

Ruined it with Gauthier. He sucks.

Some trade targets for the Leafs this summer could be Vlad Namestnikov, JG Pageau, Max Domi and Chris Tanev.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.
You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

You don't have to. He gets the softest minutes on the team, it's not that hard to find someone who can beat up on 3rd/4th liners and stand in front of the net on the PP.

Better yet, get someone who knows where the defensive zone is and doesn't need to be sheltered nearly as badly. Give some of JVR's easy EV minutes to Matthews/Kadri and feed the extra 2:30 of PP time to someone else, or put together a Matthews/Marner/Nylander/Kadri unit and play them 1:30 of every PP.

If JVR's replacement gets 20 goals playing harder minutes and the Matthews/Kadri lines score 8 extra goals each among them, nothing of value was lost.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Sign Kovy and Joe for 9 mil for 1 yr

Or sign one of the above and take a run at Carlson for 1 year at something ridiculous like 12 mil. Although, it was rumored the Canucks were going to offer Carlson 10m x 3y. Would come down to if he wants a shot at a cup and delay (Very likely risk as well) his payday or cash out (Led the league in points for a defenceman this yr)

 

[Jozay]

Why not? If they give him a one year deal at max, he comes out of it still in his 20s, and likely coming off a good year given the players he'd be playing with. It's a risk as any short term contract is for a player, but it also has the potential benefit of effectively extending his final major contract by a year.

and what if he suffers a serious injury that threatens his career?

We're talking choosing 14/15 (or whatever the max is for one player) million vs 70+ million here.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

and what if he suffers a serious injury that threatens his career?

We're talking choosing 14/15 (or whatever the max is for one player) million vs 70+ million here.

For sure; like I said, I understand there's risk there. I just don't think it's totally bonkers to believe that he might look at his options and think "14+70 with some risk is better than 70 with likely much less money in any contracts following." Maybe not likely, but not inconceivable either.

 

[Faltorvo]

we have a lot more then 18m in cap, just got to cap friendly and add it up if you don't trust their totals 18m is way low and thats before the cap raise.

 

[MagicalRazor]

Cap is rising 4 million as well? i think . so we have 22M

 

[mouser]

I think a one year deal, with a second, 8 year contract waiting until Jan 1st for the ink to dry is a valid option. Allows for heavier front-loading, and more years to distribute his salary out in the next contract.

As a point of note: that’s not allowed. If JT signs a one year UFA deal with any team he won’t be eligible for an 8 year extension until after the trade deadline.

 

[glucker]

As a point of note: that’s not allowed. If JT signs a one year UFA deal with any team he won’t be eligible for an 8 year extension until after the trade deadline.

I thought it was Jan 1. Oh well, a couple of months off.

 

[Brobust]

Oilers thought they were replacing their outgoing with similar quality. Look what happened.
You definitely won't get 36 goals from JVRs replacement

Oilers had zilch in their prospect pipeline.

Only the utterly clueless would compare the situations.

 

[VainGretzky]

Half of it is going to Tavares, maybe 8.5