Who do we move

Sandin down (keep Marincin at 700k or Gravel), Engvall down (keep 700k fwd), Harpur down and you have one scratch and just enough cap space.

with almost the entire defensive core is up after the season maybe its nylander for a top 4 dman thats signed for a couple more years at kinda cheap money, philly is loaded with d maybe flip him for ghost, he has a great cap hit and multiple years left

They will save a little money by having Engvall and Sandin with the Marlies (they aren't NHL ready) and replaced with Marincin or Schmaltz and Agostino.
But you're right....it's still close to 1m to be cut. Do the Leafs dare go with 21m roster? Johnsson, Kapanen would be choices to be moved.

I know the public and even NHL players think all those high end RFA signings are a good thing....for their team and the NHLPA members. But it's means some players that might be 800,000 in the NHL are making 70,000 in the AHL due to reduced roster because of cap space. Or players who want to stay on a good team get traded, Brown was cap casualty for the Leafs already.

Quoting myself here. You can always trade Ceci at 4.5 to a desperate team and use Dermie with Rielly and Kivihalme-Liljegren.

As a smart, hard-working guy who has taken whatever job could do the most good for the world at every step, and has never earned 70k in a year, those guys also do not have my sympathies.