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How Does Horton help the cap ?83 million cap - 1.2 for Kessel
How Does Horton help the cap ?83 million cap - 1.2 for Kessel
wont happen.lol getting harder to pitch zaitsev to anyone
IMO Carolina/Minnesota make the best partners for us in the summer.And Dubas needs to give him the defenders. Babs should have 3 guys who know and understand defense the old fashioned Canadian way. Fast, tough, hard, corners driven, net front pissed, know how to withstand a heavy forecheck, know how to eat the puck, good defensive positioning, have bombs for shots and can make nice passes to forwards. Right now Babs has 1 guy Muzzy which I can understand why he is ticked off. Get 2 more Muzzy's. Add them to Rielly, Dermott and Rosen and you got yourself a nice defense next season. or add in Sandin and make Rosen and Holl your 7 and 8 guys.
And Dubas needs to give him the defenders. Babs should have 3 guys who know and understand defense the old fashioned Canadian way. Fast, tough, hard, corners driven, net front pissed, know how to withstand a heavy forecheck, know how to eat the puck, good defensive positioning, have bombs for shots and can make nice passes to forwards. Right now Babs has 1 guy Muzzy which I can understand why he is ticked off. Get 2 more Muzzy's. Add them to Rielly, Dermott and Rosen and you got yourself a nice defense next season. or add in Sandin and make Rosen and Holl your 7 and 8 guys.
IMO Carolina/Minnesota make the best partners for us in the summer.
Zaitsev is ok but kind of a tweener in my opinion.
We either need someone with more strength/D or better offense/IQ.
Spurgeon or Pesce would be a good addition.
Either:
Rielly...Pesce
Muzzin...Dermott
Or
Rielly...Dermott
Muzzin...Spurgeon
Plus these teams have cheaper centers if we can work a deal.
Wallmark or Kunin from either.
We need a summer deal like Carolina/Calgary.
So true. But at least a first step has been taken. Rome was not built in a day.It took how many years of Lou and Dubas to get the first Muzzy? Dubas might have a better chance of walking on water than acquiring two more.
Marleau, Zaitsev, and Brown in that order are the priority to move for cap reasons. The latter two should be movable, and that gives us the room we need.How to stay under the cap? If Marleau retires, there is 6.25m.
But if he doesn't you're looking at a Nylander because over 6m,,,,net has to be traded.
Why do folks keep on mentioning Horton? He doesn't help/hurt the Leafs cap at all next season.
BANG ON RIGHT. Although I can tell you Marner will not re-sign at 9+. Dubas set the table and it is his own doing when Marner gets min 10M per. Kappy can be done around 3.5M (he is buddies with Willy). Johnsson will be dealt to help unload Z. And actually team will improve a little because Bracco is ideal line mate for Matty (it is hand and glove skill set match). It helps when Matty, Bracco and Marner are all good buddies too. It will get done and figured out. And Sandin will likely surprise everyone once people realize that he could rival Rielly for team #1 position in future.Marleau, Zaitsev, and Brown in that order are the priority to move for cap reasons. The latter two should be movable, and that gives us the room we need.
Marner seems hopeful, but I still have no idea why Johnnson and Kapanen will get over 3 mil. It's their first NHL seasons, and looks like neither will even top 50 points.View attachment 205403
Was playing around with Cap-friendly and it seems pretty rough.
Ideally, the Leafs have a handshake deal with Marleau to get traded and retire and the Leafs could easily fit under the cap and even keep Brown around.
Somebody needs to go, as shown here just trading Brown isn't enough.
Johnsson at 3, Kapanen at 3.5 and Marner at 9.25 seem like hopeful salaries as well. We don't need to panic, I'm sure management has a plan. I can't see trading Zaitsev help our already putrid right side.
EDIT: Yes this includes Horton on LTIR and Kessel's 1.2m we still owe.
BANG ON RIGHT. Although I can tell you Marner will not re-sign at 9+. Dubas set the table and it is his own doing when Marner gets min 10M per. Kappy can be done around 3.5M (he is buddies with Willy). Johnsson will be dealt to help unload Z. And actually team will improve a little because Bracco is ideal line mate for Matty (it is hand and glove skill set match). It helps when Matty, Bracco and Marner are all good buddies too. It will get done and figured out. And Sandin will likely surprise everyone once people realize that he could rival Rielly for team #1 position in future.
Marner seems hopeful, but I still have no idea why Johnnson and Kapanen will get over 3 mil. It's their first NHL seasons, and looks like neither will even top 50 points.
Votrano is the same age as Johnsson, and scored a few more goals and a few less points that Johnson this season. What did he sign for last month? 2.5 cap hit.
Kase has better numbers than Johnson. Cap hit 2.6
Yesterday (think it was on Leaf lunch) heard Leafs were pissed that AJ's agent turned down 2x2.1 and 4x2.5 bridge deals and prefers to wait until the offseason.
I wouldn't accept either of those deals either if I were him.Yesterday (think it was on Leaf lunch) heard Leafs were pissed that AJ's agent turned down 2x2.1 and 4x2.5 bridge deals and prefers to wait until the offseason.
I wouldn't accept either of those deals either if I were him.
I wouldn't accept either of those deals either if I were him.
The coach does not like Nylander.Leafs have set their own precedent of signing 20 goal scorers to 7m AAV. Sure Johnsson, and Kapanen think they will deserve more than what the Leafs want to give Gee, what does 20 goal scorer Hyman think he deserves in a few years.
So another leaf player who thinks he deserves more than league-wide comparables?Yesterday (think it was on Leaf lunch) heard Leafs were pissed that AJ's agent turned down 2x2.1 and 4x2.5 bridge deals and prefers to wait until the offseason.