If marleau/brownleaves. We are fine.
Figure an 83 million cap with marleau gone. This roster has 22 million left
Hyman. Tavares xxxxx
Xxxxxx. Matthews Nylander
Xxxxxx. Kadri. Xxxxx
Moore. Gauthier. Pétan
Rielly. Xxxxxxx
Muzzin. Zaitsev
Dermott. Rosen
Hill
Andy/sparks
Worst case ....Figure 11 for Marner and 6 for aj and kappy.
That leaves 5 million for a D and a forward. Could bring. Bracco back that’s 4 for a D. That’s ok.
That gives plenty of options. First the cap might be higher. Second I would hope to get 2 million more in savings on the cap for the forwards. That is up to 4 more....
So you could look at maybe have
85 million cap with 8-9 million to play with.
Could also trade kappy
Lots of options
Not sure how Marleau just conveniently disappears. We can hope I suppose.
Cap is projected at $83 m, not $85.
We will have $13.3 m of available cap space this summer, so using your scenario, we are already over cap by signing Marner, Kap & AJ.
Even though we thought we'd have no cap problems 1.5 - 2 years ago, we find ourselves in this cap predicament. If we have Dubas and Shanny, what's changed this time versus the last time?
Guess I can copy a previous post as the real numbers don't seem to reflected in peoples thinking yet.
Important relevant stats from CapFriendly re: Leafs cap 2019-20 cap situation
Toronto Maple Leafs - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
Projected cap space: $4.5 m
Cap increase: $3.5 m
Horton LTIR: $5.3 m
TOTAL $13.3 m
RFA &
UFA are not signed and hence salaries are
not included in the total team cap.
RFA:
Marner, Kapanen, Ozhiganov, Johnsson
UFA:
Gardiner,
Hainsey,
Hutchinson, Marincin, Ennis
If we sign Marner at $10 m AAV and Hainsey (or a Hainsey level defenseman replacement), the remaining cap space is gone. Players identified in blue font would be gone in this "
scenario/example".
Conclusion - If we want to add additional players, more player cuts (in addition to those in blue font) will be needed. I guess that's why there is so many Nylander or Kadri (or both) trade proposal trades these days.