Ban Price trades
Rejoint: oct. 2017
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You're getting absolutely fleeced in that Faulk trade. You could probably take out Bracco and downgrade the 1st to a 3rd and the 'Canes would still say yes.
The Leafs - with this setup specifically - best hope the cap jumps to $82M after next season and that Myers isn't in the market for a massive raise. I imagine Kapanen and Marner can be resigned just on the extra cap space, the raise to $78M this season, and Hainsey's money coming off the books. Might have anywhere between $1M-$2M remaining.
But Matthews still needs a contract. If the plan is to let Myers walk, slot Liljegren in the #6 spot, and push that money, whatever's leftover from Kapanen+Marner, and (optimistically) the additional $4M for 2019/20, THEN the cap situation works fine. Otherwise, I'd plead with Thornton to leave SJS and come to Toronto for 1 year and take a C in this year's draft. Jacob Olofsson is available near where the leafs pick and could turn pro next season. Maybe it's a better long-term solution?
PSA: Don't play Faulk with Dermott. Faulk can't defend and Dermott shouldn't need to be tasked with being a complete defenseman this early into his career. Hainsey, with rest, probably still has enough in the tank to play 2nd pairing for the first half of the season. I'd strongly consider it.