I'm not saying the Leafs will sign Tavares but to suggest that the Leafs cannot sign him long term is not really accurate. The answer is it depends on a lot of factors.
1) What $ value can the Leafs get the big three signed and are they willing to accept a little bit less if they signed Tavares?
2) If Tavares decides to move from NYI, will he be willing to accept a little bit less to increase his chances at a cup?
3) What will the cap be in 19-20? The suggestion is that the cap will be 80 next year and 82 the following year.
4) Where do the Leafs want to spend their $? D? Tavares? Other?
Here is an example of a roster that includes Tavares and the big 3 in 19-20. There are a lot of assumptions in this but I don't think it is out of the question. I don't believe this will happen but it's not completely out of the question. The example below assumes Marleau stays in his last year of his deal.
Free Agent Signings
UFA | YEARS | CAP HIT |
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Gardiner, Jake | 5 | $6,000,000 |
Tavares, John | 6 | $10,000,000 |
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RFA | YEARS | CAP HIT |
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Aaltonen, Miro | 2 | $800,000 |
Borgman, Andreas | 2 | $900,000 |
Carrick, Connor | 2 | $750,000 |
Johnsson, Andreas | 2 | $1,000,000 |
Kapanen, Kasperi | 2 | $1,250,000 |
Marner, Mitchell | 7 | $7,000,000 |
Matthews, Auston | 8 | $10,000,000 |
Nylander, William | 8 | $6,500,000 |
Sparks, Garret | 2 | $850,000 |
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Trades (After the Leafs give the 19-20 signing bonus of $1M making his salary 1,5M for that year)
TOR
- 2020 7th round pick (ARI)
ARI
- Martin, M.
- 2020 7th round pick (TOR)
Buyouts
Retained Salary Transactions
- Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (%15)
LTIR
- Nathan Horton was placed on LTIR for an assumed full cap relief of $5,300,000
Draft Picks
DRAFT YEAR | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4 | ROUND 5 | ROUND 6 | ROUND 7 |
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2020 | | | | | | |
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2021 | | | | | | | |
2022 | | | | | | | |
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ROSTER
ROSTER SIZE | SALARY CAP | CAP HIT | BONUSES | CAP SPACE |
23 | $82,000,000 | $80,024,166 | $602,500 | $1,975,834 |
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Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
Hyman, Zach
$2,250,000
LW
NTC
UFA - 2 | Matthews, Auston
$10,000,000
C
RFA | Nylander, William
$6,500,000
RW, C
RFA |
Marleau, Patrick
$6,250,000
LW, C
NMC
UFA - 1 | Tavares, John
$10,000,000
C
UFA | Brown, Connor
$2,100,000
RW
RFA - 1 |
Johnsson, Andreas
$1,000,000
LW
RFA | Kadri, Nazem
$4,500,000
C
NTC
UFA - 3 | Marner, Mitchell
$7,000,000
RW
RFA |
Grundström, Carl
$925,000
LW
RFA - 1 | Aaltonen, Miro
$800,000
C, LW, RW
RFA | Kapanen, Kasperi
$1,250,000
RW
RFA |
Marchment, Mason
$767,500
LW
RFA - 1 | | Timashov, Dmytro
$693,333
LW
RFA - 1 |
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Left Defense | Right Defense | Goaltender |
Rielly, Morgan
$5,000,000
D
UFA - 3 | Zaitsev, Nikita
$4,500,000
D
NTC
UFA - 5 | Andersen, Frederik
$5,000,000
NTC
UFA - 2 |
Dermott, Travis
$863,333
D
RFA - 1 | Gardiner, Jake
$6,000,000
D
UFA | Sparks, Garret
$850,000
RFA |
Borgman, Andreas
$900,000
D
RFA | Carrick, Connor
$750,000
D
RFA | |
Liljegren, Timothy
$925,000
D
RFA - 1 | | |
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