Why are people mis-representing the Leafs cap situation so aggressively

I was hoping to be able to read a lengthy description about why you think this but nope. what do you mean by aggressively? regardless, it just comes down to marners number, and i doubt he takes 10M at 6 years. the most likely scenario is 9 at around 3 years or less, or they get him for somewhere above 10.5-11.5 depending on if he receives OS. word is he will only do a short term length if its an OS but teams dont want to deal with this same situation that soon from now, nor do they want to give up large amount of picks for a short deal. leafs do have some flexibility in that they can run a shorter roster than 23 in case his number is higher than they want. people just like to make fun of the leafs because its the market that doesnt shut up about stuff and likes poking fun at the cap crunch that the leafs and their teams will succumb to at some point.

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- This roster has 22 players and $1,609,000 in cap-space (a full NHL roster usually has 23 players).
- With that said, a team can carry as few as 20 players (which would add $1,500,000 if two 750K players are removed).
- During the summer, teams can exceed the salary-cap by 10% (which adds another $8,150,000 in cap-space until October).
- LTIR contracts stay on the cap during the summer though (so that $8,150,000 is mostly taken up by Horton and Hyman).

In conclusion, the Leafs could sign Marner to a $13,659,000 cap-hit right now ... but they'd have to shed around $1,000,000 before Hyman comes back from his injury.

But if they sign Marner to anything reasonable, they won't have to do anything.

because he denied an 8x11

I think because no one expects him to sign for 10 unless it’s a really short term. If he signs or gets offer sheeted for 11.5-12.5 they’re in a lot of trouble. If not, they’ll be fine just have to carry 22.

Here's the description:

- This roster has 22 players and $284,000 in cap-space (a full NHL roster usually has 23 players).
- With that said, a team can carry as few as 20 players (which would add $1,500,000 if two 750K players are removed).
- Hyman will also be starting the season on LTIR (which would add $1,4750,000 in October if he's replaced with Petan).
- During the summer, teams can exceed the salary-cap by 10% (which adds another $8,150,000 in cap-space until October).
- LTIR contracts stay on the cap during the summer though (so that $8,150,000 is really only $2,850,000 because of Horton).

In conclusion, the Leafs could sign Marner to a $14,635,000 cap-hit right now ... but they'd have to shed around $2,000,000 before Hyman comes back from his injury.

But if they sign Marner to anything reasonable, they won't have to do anything.