I like your team......but think Kampf slots in as checking and shutdown centre on 3rd line......Kerfoot if he is not traded moves to third line left wing and Mikheyev moves to third line right winger with his speed.....a total shutdown third line is then created.

Bunting moves to 4th line left wing ....with Engvall or Brooks as centre....and Spezza and Simmonds take turns playing right wing depending upon the team........The gas tank of Spezza is now only half full and he will be used as required and can be moved all around the line-up......he is a tremendous mentor for the young Leafs players and a Hockey Hall of Famer.

Brooks is the player to watch to my mind.........great 2 way centre and superior in smarts to Engvall....Big time offensive skills if given a chance.....I am disappointed in Kyle Dubas for not going to bat more for Brooks......Keefe knows what Brooks can do....but does not call all the shots.

Not sure about this Bunting player......he could be moved up into second line if Ondrej gets into injury problems.....and Robertson knocking on the door also for the the second or even first line.....Not totally convinced on Bunting yet as seems undersized overly hyped by TO Media....who I like to turn off.

Liljegren is also going to crack the line-up of the Leafs as 7th defenceman....he has now added size and strength and appears to have the potential to become a Leafs PP quarterback after Rielly and Sandin.....Dubas is again missing the boat if he does not go to bat for this player.

I think Dubas is not done.......Kerfoot is still in play to free up Cap space to sign Morgan Rielly for long-term ......who is an absolute must extension signing for Leafs......Has more leadership skills on the Leafs than any player on the roster and is the real captain of the Leafs in the eyes of the players.....Shows up to play in every game injured or not, willing to give up his own roles on team for better of team and shows up for media for every win or loss.......and super human being like Marner.

Leafs need to move out Malholtra away from PP coach and redeploy him to be a faceoff, defensive and young player mentor coach and Keefe needs to stop being everyone's friend and start rewarding his 3rd and 4th lines more when his 1rst and second lines are not going at full speed.

Engvall is one of the best defensive forwards on the team. His expected goals against is super low. Size, speed and a great stick in his zone. Makes some bad mistakes from time to time but overall he's a really good defensive player. This 4th line would be a checking line and the 3rd line with Kerfoot, Bunting and Spezza would be a decent offensive line for depth. I think Bunting may replace Ritchie but if Ritchie does well enough at crashing the net with Matthews it could help out that line. Making it hard for goalies to see where Matthews is shooting from. As for defence. Liljegren will rotate in and out among the other 2 in the bottom pair.

I would do this the same way as well, my only adjustment would be to have Bunting as top LW like you acknowledged. I guess the only debate would be Nylander on his offside. I thought he looked well playing it last year, but apparently the leafs did not like it, and I did see some videos on how it does diminish his transition game a bit- which of course you don't want to do as much. If you did not want 88 and Kase on their off wings then I think you run an o-line of Ritchie-spezza-Kase and put Kerfoot at 2LW.

I would run Engvall on the checking line, but I expect they just try to squeeze him through waivers and run Ilya-Kamp-Simmonds, with Liljegren as the extra- using him as the 21st extra and sending him down when they don't plan to use him (as a paper move) to accrue more cap for that day.