Leafs 2019-20 Nylander only trade required to get the cap room needed

Équipe: 2019-20 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 5 mars 2019

Publié: 5 mars 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Nylander's contract is designed to be easily traded to any team. And those teams that are cash short will love his contract. He has a lot of trade value.

Let's face it Marleau will not waive to be traded and will not retire.

Zeitsev will be difficult to Trade. And he if put in the right situation is good enough. He has played well when he is with Muzzin.

Brown is a valuable player for the leafs - penalty killer, reliable defensively and can move up to top lines in case of injury.

Kadri is on a cheap contract for what he can do and that is worth a lot for the leafs in a cap crunch year.

Hymen is a valuable player as well. Plays well in the forechecking corner to retrieve pucks and also good on the penalty kill.

The leafs would like to keep Johnsson and Kapanen.

Sandin and Liljegren probably need a another year in the AHL with top minutes to perfect their skills before moving to the NHL.

My opinion is trade Nylander for future assets to get the cap room to keep all the other forwards. Then 2020-21 use Marleau's money to work on the defense if Sandin and Liljegren cannot step up.

Let's face it the leafs need more time to mature. It has been evident that they lack consistency and that often comes with Maturity. Let the majority of the team stay together and mature into a top consistent cup contender. We can get the cap issue under control by just moving one of the top players (Nylander) and leave the the rest of the team to grow together. The team has shown that they are top team without him as they did well before he signed.

There is a million of cap space left for one of the kids to take the final spot or for another low cost free agent signing.