Jamie Benn is BACK
Rejoint: janv. 2022
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I'm not a Leafs fan but I think your head is in the right place. As an outsider, I think in order to build a contender, you'll have to get rid of Mrazek (buyout), Nylander (blame Tavares' NMC), Kerfoot, and Holl (too expensive for 3rd pair guy).
In their place, your big priorities are:
-sign your young, promising RFA's while keeping enough future cap space to re-sign your existing youngsters like Bunting.
-pick up a top 4 defenseman who is rock solid defensively (Larsson is probably the best chance, since there's no way Dallas is trading Lindell)
-sign a cheaper top 6 forward like Smith for ~$5M/yr.
-get picks for some of the guys you're trading away since your management has shown it can draft well.
-figure out if Campbell is your guy and pay him this summer if he is, or sign/trade for someone if he is not.