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leafs had JVR, bozak, and komarov leaving in UFA. Their leading scorer, a veteran centre and a huge team guy/reliable checking forward. The leafs made a calculation that dropping $11M on a then-franchise centre was preferable to paying like $16M to bring those guys back (also keeping in mind JT was the youngest of all 3)
it was a sticky situtation compounded by the fact that all 3 of the big guys were in need of extensions in like 1-2 years time. it was a good move then, but obviously JT is overpaid and can't drive a line like he used to