Worst case scenario with RFA signings - Yes they can all get signed

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Ok, but you have less then a million left in cap space, your defence is awful, you only have 20 players not 21 and that’s no giving any other young player a raise.

I think Toronto can keep all three but it will mean your defence will suffer, thin they need to do what Pittsburgh did when they signed Malkin and Crosby to big contracts, balance out their attack with cheap 3rd and 4tg line guys and trade for a top dman with term. Then when the cap goes up and your top players hit goes down you o after another elite forward, that’s what Pitt did with Kessel, they waited for Malkin and Crosby’s contracts to fit the cap then made their move.

Toronto fans just want to win now because they think they can, still a few years away and a few carefully placed pieces away.

Thanks for the comments.

I agree with you completely. In fairness, I did give young guys like Kapanen and Johnsson raises bigger than they deserve right now and, moving forward, you'd have Marleau and Martin's numbers coming off the books to give the other guys raises when their deals come up.

But yes, this is a far from ideal scenario if all these guys choose cash over building a winning team...the point was to show that the Leafs have positioned themselves to be able to get all 3 signed.

I know your numbers are to prove a point and it may or may not help the fan base, the reality is that $31M between those 3 could be $10M more than they actually get. You went worst case scenario which is understandable around here, but there wasn't a single team in the final 8 this year with a $10M+ player.

9.5, 7.8, 6M on Washington...
Vegas is maxed out at less than 6M
Winterpeg is in the 6-7.5M range
Nashville 9, 8, 7, then it drops sharply
Pitt 9.5, 8.7, 7....

And these teams are paying for players that have done something in this league and have been doing it for years.

The front office the Leafs have now is straight out of Moneyball. The assistant GM is on record as saying they don't want players that are primarily focused on money.

Bottom line. There is lots of room.

Yes...exactly....this was meant to be an extreme example to argue against every post that reads "the leafs can't keep all three"