Quoting: MitchJr
Listen, everyone entitled to their opinion but I’m very confident willy signs extension this year. He ain’t going anywhere imo
I’m curious at how you think they’ll make cap room for that.
From the active roster: next summer the Leafs have the following guys expiring: Nylander, Domi, Bertuzzi, Lafferty, Dylan Gambrell (lol), Brodie, Klingberg, Giordano, both their goalies. And then need to sign Liljegren and Robertson to extensions.
There’s $33.4M in cap space. Let’s say Nylander takes a team friendly deal at $8M. You sign a budget goalie tandem for like… $4M total. That leaves you at $21.4M to replace Bertuzzi, Domi, Lafferty, half your defense, and extend Liljegren and Robertson.
Being super optimistic (and also using round numbers) replace Bertuzzi and Domi on bargain basement deals for $2M each. Lafferty and Robertson for $1M each. That leaves you with $15.4 to replace 4 defensemen, including two top 4 guys.
This is all assuming best case scenarios. Realistically, Nylander will likely want more. Replacing Bertuzzi/Domi will be more expensive than $2M AAV each. A $4M tandem would be one of the cheapest in the league.
Imo, you’d probably need to let Nylander walk or move Tavares.