Équipe: 2020-21 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 18 févr. 2020

Publié: 18 févr. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Sounds like the Muzzin extension is all but done at around 4x5.5. Wouldn't have been my decision - he's played hard minutes and deep playoff runs over the years and I suspect he'll spend a good chunk of the next four years on the injured reserve. Also doesn't leave cap space for a true top pair RHD.

As for DeMelo and Dermott:
(I'll save you guys the trouble of writing a snarky comment: "wHy aRE You REPlacINg dERMOTT HeS sOO good. DEmelo SUCKS! YOu mUSt Be a SenATORs fan!")
I do not have any faith in Liljegren's ability to play tough shutdown minutes next year. Dermott sandin and rielly aren't exactly defensive studs either, which means that an injury to Muzzin could create a bigger dumpster fire on the backend than we've seen yet.

DeMelo is unspectacular but also underrated and a cheaper version of Manson and Mayfield. If he was on a half-decent team he'd have much higher trade value. I'd rather add an inexpensive shutdown guy like him and trade johnsson/kapanen and dermott for futures than trade johnsson/kapanen and dermott and futures for an incrementally better shutdown D. I also really don't see any other realistic top-pair rhd targets out there who (1) will cost less than 4 mil per year and (2) the leafs are able to acquire without moving sandin, lijegren, or robertson.

Curious if the Nashville trade is fair value for johnsson and dermott. Both guys are the types of players who I could see thriving in Nashville's system and are still very young, but Nashville also doesn't have a very deep prospect pool and may be looking to partially rebuild.

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