Équipe: 2019-20 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 21 mai 2019

Publié: 31 mai 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

All contract figures and terms from Evolving Wild: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15E1qqh3OfHvvhbv_pICfKT7VR1jJEVhWQOyKviWLN54/edit#gid=707766415

Using a data-based model like this removes some of the guesswork on deals like Kapanen and Johnsson.

D is obviously still shaky. Big jump to assume Dermott is ready for top pair minutes (on his off side, after he comes back from a serious injury), but without moving Marleau I don't see how any bigger of an upgrade is possible this offseason.

Zaitsev trade to OTT helps them meet the salary floor without dead money. Leafs take the LTIR commitments off their hands, Sens get a player for nothing but cap space (which is hardly a concern when they're so far below the floor).

Franson might be a pipe dream for top 4 minutes, but it'll have to be a similar bargain bin add this summer to make everybody fit. Zaitsev is probably about replacement level, so anybody that isn't much worse than that can fill in.

Bear is added via trade, insulates against the first bit of the year without Dermott. I can see the 3rd in that trade becoming a 2nd to make the value match—no big problem on the Leafs' end I wouldn't expect. I think Brown will end up with the Oilers and a hockey trade like this would be fun—but maybe Khaira and Bear are valued higher out there than I've guessed (I know Oil fans will let me hear it either way).

Could see any of Gauthier, Petan, or Khaira playing that 4C slot. Marleau will have to rotate out some nights (RIP iron man streak).

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