Leafs 2019-20

Looking for feedback and ideas.
This is my latest generation of the Leafs 2019-20.
NOTE THAT I PURPOSEFULLY PUT MATTHEWS AND MARNER $ AT HIGHER-END TO SHOW FEASIBILITY OF NYLANDER SIGNING.

My blog explains almost all of it. Projecting the Leafs 2019-20 Roster

Some changes Dec 1 prior to Nylander decision:
1. Added details on Connor Brown trade - he and Borgman for Rasmussen, a 22 year old RD in Calgary.
2. Rasmussen fills the third pair with Calle Rosen who is now affordable (instead of Marincin)

1. That isn’t the high end for Matthews and marner.
2. The cap probably won’t be that high

It doesn’t work

What do you see for their $ and for the Cap?

1. Cap will not be that high
2. Kap will sign for around $3.5M, if not Leafs will have to let him walk. There is definitely not a chance he takes $2.7M, that will result in the league stepping in for arbitration and ironically, Dzingel with similar numbers and age, will be signed in the off season as a UFA and likely command around $3.5M to $4M give or take.
3. Most importantly, you need to understand how LITR works. You can read up on it on this website. You can just LITR 100% of the player salary prior to the season starting. The Leafs must be cap compliant prior to day 1 of the season. LITR, for full relief, doesn't happen until the 1st day of the season. There is a percentage of overage allowed but it's not even close to the $5M of Horton's cap hit. As a Hawks fan, we know this from the Hossa situation. This has a huge impact on roughly $3.5m they need to have available going into the start of the season. See that you have a blog and you have a lot of good logic on it, so no offense, but a strong suggestion would be that you fully understand the LITR process if you want people to take your blog seriously.

12.5 and 10. More for kap, and good luck getting a guy to play on the top pair for 3 million