Équipe: 2020-21 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 5 oct. 2020

Publié: 5 oct. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I'm a Habs fan, and was looking into the Leafs cap situation for this offseason (they're totally ****ed). It got me wondering what the Leafs would look like if they had never signed Tavares. For starters, Kadri probably wouldn't have been traded hence the trade with the Avs.

MIN Trade: Minnesota gets a top 6 player (they can use him as a centre) and a desperately needed pick to get some more youth into the organization. Toronto finally gets a top 4 RHD who can play most situations and eat minutes.
MTL Trade: Leafs fill the Nylander gap by trading for Domi, who I'm banking would take a hometown discount to play for a team that means so much to him. Habs get a goalscorer on an ELC in return, and flip a 2nd for a 1st to make up in the value difference between Domi and Robertson.
VGK Trade: Toronto gets much needed toughness and size to fill out the bottom 6 (although Reeves is kinda weak on the 3rd line), and he'll fit in great. Vegas gets much needed cap space. The pick is a 2nd bc for some reason teams love giving out high picks for Reeves.
BOS Trade: Not really sure if this trade makes sense for the Bruins. Leafs flip a LHD that they don't need (they have Reilly, Muzzin and Sandin on that side) for another RHD (and a big one at that) and another bottom 6 player who'll provide grit.

Leafs still end up with basically nothing in cap space, but at least now their roster has depth, size and toughness. As much as I'm all for speed and skill, the last two cup wins have shown that you need a lot of grit to win too. Moral of the story: don't hand out blank cheques to relatively unproven 21 year olds.

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