Stay the Course

???? Murray's buyout is smaller, and Muzzin on LTIR doesn't affect the cap at all. So a small premium would be all that paid, not what you suggest.

LTIR prevents teams from accruing cap space for deadline adds (Like what the Rangers did), I don't think Toronto is willing to have dead cap on their books and not accrue cap space again. While it's a weaker free agent class, they don't need superstars, they just need complementary pieces, and there's plenty of those available.

The Leafs did make playoff additions last season even with Muzzin on LTIR for almost all the season. But I'm hoping the next Leafs GM doesn't throw away futures in any TDL. Dubas was has left the Leafs prospect base barren, has traded away good picks till 2026. Good riddance to Dubas. If anything I'm hoping the next GM is a seller either this summer (unlikely) but by TDL

I don't think ownership will let that happen, but you never know. The way that organization is running leads me to believe there's a lot more puppetry and strings being pulled behind the scenes than we think.

Maybe, there is a power play. I just can't believe that Leaf owners have hired so many poor GMs....since 2000. Ferguson, Burke, Nonis and Dubas. I'm still not sure what Shanahan's job is. He still lives in New York City.