1 TDL Prediction

Équipe: 2021-22 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 15 mars 2022

Publié: 15 mars 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Forsberg is a pending UFA, no idea if Ottawa will be able to re-sign him so I'm assuming they move him at the deadline and maybe hope to bring him back in the summer cause he's been really good. He's the goaltending insurance I think the Leafs will try to add (similar to Ritich last year but better). Once Jack is healthy again they'll keep 3 tenders on the roster or waive Mrazek if he's still struggling (I doubt he would be claimed at this point).

The Sens don't seem to like MDZ, he's included to save the Sens real dollars and you could argue gives the Leafs some additional depth should they get hit with a bunch of injuries on D. His contract is also backloaded so I bet the Sens have additional motivation to move him.

Kerfoot is currently playing on the 4th line which isn't enough ice time for him to contribute as is. Ideally I wouldn't want to trade him cause he's good forward depth but I think the Sens would value him as a Tierney type replacement (Tierney is a pending UFA as well) and his contract is front-loaded so it's less in real $ compared to his cap hit. Assuming the Leafs were to move Kerfoot its almost a guarantee they make another trade to bring in a forward.

I think the Sens would value a prospect like Abruzzese they seem to scout the NCAA heavily. He currently costs them nothing and I thought he played really well at the Olympics.

The 5th round pick is the inter-divisional trade tax

Overall the move would save the Leafs 600K in cap space which may give them more room for another big move while not depleting the Leafs of their best trade assets (1st round pick, top prospects etc).