Confirmed with Link: Toronto Maple Leafs Sign Cody Franson (1 yr/2m)

[Pi]

I don't really think Franson is going to be hard to sign. He's an RFA next year with arbitration rights...he will most likely get the long term deal he wants IF he proves that he can be as effective over an 82 game season.

Why would the Leafs hesitate in signing a player that has gotten better every year under them? The Leafs played hardball but if the Leafs want him back, he'll be back. It's part of the business.

 

[Leafsin2014*]

And still lots of cap space! Where is everyone who said it couldn't be done?

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / David Clarkson ($5.250m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Mason Raymond ($1.000m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / Nikolai Kulemin ($2.800m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.700m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($0.925m)
Joe Colborne ($0.600m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / John-Michael Liles ($3.875m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m) / Mark Fraser ($1.275m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Paul Ranger ($1.000m)
Cody Franson ($2.000m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
James Reimer ($1.800m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
RETAINED SALARY TRANSACTIONS (0.778% of upper limit)
Matt Frattin ($0.437m—0.5%) Ben Scrivens ($0.062m—0.1%)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,266,667; BONUSES: $300,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $333,333

 

[Pi]

Yeah...I completely forgot about that:

Raymond, Ranger and Franson cost us 4M. Wow 3 NHL players...one who is a top 4 D, another who can be a top 4D and a top 6-9 tweener that plays good defensively.

Ladies and gentleman, we finally have a GM that knows how to work the cap.

 

[Budsfan]

Good stuff and he basically got what he was proposing all along, a 1 year bridge contract but probably for a lot less, than he wanted in salary.

 

[shaner8989]

Incredible. Period

 

[Swervin81]

Yeah...I completely forgot about that:

Raymond, Ranger and Franson cost us 4M. Wow 3 NHL players...one who is a top 4 D, another who can be a top 4D and a top 6-9 tweener that plays good defensively.

Ladies and gentleman, we finally have a GM that knows how to work the cap.

If it wasn't for that horrendous Clarkson contract, he'd be a golden capologist.

 

[FriedEgg]

Ugh. Hopefully nonis plans on flipping him. He is so not worth the headache. Can't wait till next years Cody training camp holdout.

 

[7even]

Almost like Nonis had a plan all along.

I like to call it the Hail Mary.

 

[Pi]

If it wasn't for that horrendous Clarkson contract, he'd be a golden capologist.

I'll give him a break on that one. It was his first UFA acquisition as GM for the Leafs. I like Clarkson but he's worth about as much as Bickel (~4-4.5M).

Cap increases + buyouts of guys like Armstrong, Tucker not on the cap + One of Reimer/Bernier definitely not on the team should mean that we won't have any problem signing all our players.

 

[shaner8989]

Ugh. Hopefully nonis plans on flipping him. He is so not worth the headache. Can't wait till next years Cody training camp holdout.

Either way. He will only get a high dollar amount id he has a huge year. If he doesn't the Leafs have leverage again.

 

[Myke]

Dreger makes it sound like he's an RFA at years end, and not a UFA...

He is RFA with arbitration rights which is why Nonis did not want the 1 yr deal.

 

[JacobimMugatu]

Ugh. Hopefully nonis plans on flipping him. He is so not worth the headache. Can't wait till next years Cody training camp holdout.

He'll file for arbitration next year.

 

[CBinTokyo]

I like to call it the Hail Mary.

It is not the reasonable that makes you win, it is managing the unreasonable.

 

[janesy12]

So there's like a third of a million in cap space left:

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / Nikolai Kulemin ($2.800m)
Mason Raymond ($1.000m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.700m) / Joe Colborne ($0.600m) / Colton Orr ($0.925m)
David Clarkson ($5.250m)
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Cody Franson ($2.000m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Paul Ranger ($1.000m)
Mark Fraser ($1.275m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
James Reimer ($1.800m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
RETAINED SALARY TRANSACTIONS (0.778% of upper limit)
Matt Frattin ($0.437m—0.5%) Ben Scrivens ($0.062m—0.1%)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,266,667; BONUSES: $300,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $333,333

No 13th forward for 10 games would be a little weird though.

Gotta give Nonis credit for knowing his job here. You can like or dislike what he did this offseason and for a while there I was nervous that he'd recklessly put himself in a jam he couldn't easily get out of, but with it all said and done he knew who he had to pay and who he had leverage to squeeze and he executed his plan as well as he could. I still disagree with parts of the plan, but that's very different from a month or two ago when I thought he might've screwed up his own plan.

What about Brennan. He has been decent through camp.

 

[Yosho]

He's an RFA next year. 4 years of service and is still 26 at the June 30th cutoff.

Sweet lord that's beautiful.

 

[false bobo]

He'll file for arbitration next year.

Can't you only file for arbitration if you are given a qualifying offer? I'm not too clear on how the process works.

Edit: just looked it up. Got it.

 

[Dangles McGavin]

#Nonis2013 #Nony2013

Great job Nonis. Super impressed that we got Ranger/MayRay/Franson for 4mil. Those 3 are going to be HUGE for us.

So excited now.

 

[pucci2001]

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Gardiner-Franson
Rielly-Ranger

My god.. it's beautiful
Only thing missing is a legit #2 to play with Dion

Ranger will step up ahead of Gunnarsson this season.

 

[The Iceman]

Pretty much seals the fact that Morgan Reilly is going back to junior which is great!

 

[LeafsNation149]

DANMMMMMMMMMMMMM gj nonis

 

[cynicism]

Almost like Nonis had a plan all along.

To enter the season over the salary cap?

That plan's succeeded all right.

If they manage to trade Liles without retaining salary I'll retract my criticism but I can't say I'm enamoured with how Nonis has managed the cap thus far.


edit: Hopefully this means Reilly's going back west. I'm shocked and appalled so many are in favour of keeping him here, it's like they've never heard of Gary Nylund, Luke Richardson, Jim Benning, Bob McGill, Al Iafrate, Luke Schenn, etc.

 

[therealkoho]

Bob wakes up at 5 to walk the dog

Daren hates the leash these days

You guys remember that time Nonis mismanaged our cap?

+1

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well thats good stuff, happy thats out of the way

Leafs to make major announcement by Monday, JML is either traded or waived

if he gets traded Rielly stays with the club,

Gunns - Phaneuf

Gardiner - Ranger

Franson - Fraser

Rielly

 

[topched]

Nonis wins again guys.

Some can complain about a couple of the moves he's made thus far but damn has the guy done some fantastic work with contracts in the last month.

This is really the most fair for all sides. Franson takes less than what he's probably worth, but on a short term that allows him to cash in. Hopefully this keeps him hungry to have a big year

 

[topched]

To enter the season over the salary cap?

That plan's succeeded all right.

If they manage to trade Liles without retaining salary I'll retract my criticism but I can't say I'm enamoured with how Nonis has managed the cap thus far.

Haha yeah because it's completely his fault Komisarek, Grabo and Liles were/are making 5mil plus on immovable contracts.

 

[Primary Assist]

wow. seriously. just wow. when I'm bored at work later I'm going to look through some old threads and find posts calling for Nonis to be fired. WE'RE GOING TO BE SO GOOD THIS YEAR