well maybe Nick Foligno will help you all.. I'm personally not a big fan of his, but others say he is a really good person.
That guy was saying al that stuff before i was done haha. Oh well i would like this line up. My finished product.
Matthews (protected for expansion)
Marner. Protected
Tavares. Protected
Boone Jenner protected
Laine*** RFA. Protected
Marcus Foligno. Protected
Hyman - *** UFA
Simmonds—ufa seasons end
Spezza- ufa seasons end
Galchenyuk—-ufa seasons end
Nick Robertson ELC
Thornton- ufa seasons end
Engvall or joey Anderson protect one?
Defense:
Ristolainen (50% retained by Buffalo) for another season protect
Brodie. Protect
Muzzin. Protect
Oleksiak (UFA) seasons end ( Try to sign after expansion)
Holl——* exposed expansion
Bogosian (UFA) seasons end
Matt Irwin ( UFA) seasons end
Campbell. Protect
Khudobin
Kaapo kahkonen Awesome young potential starting goalie.
Hutchinson
Wedgewood is pretty good Playoff depth
Kracks might take a goalie or Holl. Goalie depth is strengthened to take the blow and prospects are ready to replace holl if taken. Lots of cap room to sign Hyman and Oleksiak after the expansion draft.
I kind of liked having two of the best young goal scorers in the league last five years in Matthews and Laine.
Center depth was:
Matthews
Tavares
Jenner
M.Foligno
The defense was huge and physical adding Ristolainen and Oleksiak and a bit mean to go with that.
$6,962,000 Nylander out
$5,000,000 Andersen out
$5,000,000 Rielly out
$1,645,000 Mikheyev out
$875,000 Dermott out would have lost expansion draft
Total out = approximately $19,500,000
Salary in:
M.Foligno $2,875,000
Kahkonen. $725,000 waiver exempt
Ristolainen$2,700,000
Matt Irwin $700,000
Laine. $4,995,000
Jenner. $$3,750,000 right to LTIR
Wedgewood$$700,000 waiver
Khudobin. $3,333,333
Oleksiak. $2,137,500
$22,000,000 in
kahkonen waived to marlies - $725,000
Wedgewood waived to marlies -$700,000
Jenner placed on LTIR -$3,750,000
So
$22,000,000
- $5,200,000 approximately
= $17,000,000 in $19,500,000 out
Foligno,Jenner,Ristolainen,Kahkonen,Khudobin,Laine all signed beyond this year and i thought every position strengthened.
Campbell/ Khudobin tandem next year is solid. Then a nice 7-3-1 protection list for expansion.( Campbell protected) Lose one of Holl or Khudobin but also gain cap space and keep a good signed player either way
Leafs are better defensively and better structured for salary cap.
Thats not a soft playoff team like last years for my thinking. It was my baby to have some fun with and i did. Leaf fans that don’t like it can eat my socks ha. I didn’t do it for them. Cheers. Hope you guys get rolling solid again next year.
I gave up some picks just like dubas did but got a couple back also and i distributed them over 3 years.