Alexander Barabanov and the Leafs

Équipe: 2020-21 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 28 mars 2020

Publié: 28 mars 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

With news that the leafs are favorites to acquire Alexander Barabanov I decided to speculate how the leafs decide how to fit him in for 2020-2021 season. I have heard of him but never thought he would be on the leafs radar. But if he does join I made him the third line RW and moved kapenan to play with matthews, put nylander on the left, and reunited the tavares line. For defense traded for weegar who has been pretty solid with the panthers on his off side so being with rielly on his dominate side could be intriguing. Also decided to save money by making engvall the 3rd line center. He played that position well with the marlies and was okay with it on the leafs so why not try it again.

Also signed SHL free agent Kinnvall, Johannes who is a young RD but has developed well and could be an excellent partner for sandin.

For goaltending things got tricky. Before I went with Bilyov but alot of people including KHL reporter Igor Eronko have stated "He's too small. And his style is kind of a batllefly. You need a very good defensive team in front ot, which Ak Bars is, so he could be effective. He's great stopping the first shot, not the second one". So moving on from him I went for another young goaltender Ivan Bocharov. His style of play is similar to anderson and his numbers in the KHL are impressive (GAA = 1.98, SV = 0.935). If he can translate over to the NHL well he could be a suitable replacement for anderson once his contract expires. So bringing him in on a 3 year entry is fair as he can play for the marlies and be brought up if they feel hes ready like what the rangers did with shesterkin.

So let me know what u think. Traded some guys out to replenish picks especially since clifford is coming back toronto will need a 2nd as replacement. Also brought in thorton and resigned spezza and clifford for some veteran presence.

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