defense first but. i love konecny on the leafs

The D isn't perfect but it isn't the main issue. Campbell being bad is making it look worse than it is. Need skill that can play mean in front of their net, and Kase is too inconsistently in the lineup to rely on.

Besides, the Leafs will still have roughly 1.5 mil to spend on another add in this scenario as we are projected to get around 1 mil in deadline space

This relies entirely on running a 20 man roster for the rest of the season which is not realistic

Leafs have been doing it for the last year and a half. I don't see the issue. Worst case you play a man short for a day. big wup. Many teams have already this year

My understanding is Toronto hasn't gone below 21 this year

They have on many occasions. We were at 20 tonight lmao cause Simmer is being a dad

Simmonds wasn't at the game but he was never removed from the main roster

Regardless we are accruing cap space and the nerds tell me it will likely hit 1 mil (assuming kase is ok)

I don't think that lands Konecny at full salary, let alone at a crazy retention

Wouldn't know, but it is significantly more than people are offering for him on here.