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Well thought out, but my two cents on your defense alone:
Girodano chose where to go when he had a NTC and as a TDL piece for 20+ games. As a UFA, he won;t take a 750k 1 yr deal.
Lyubushkin is a UFA, is in demand as a RD, and will get more than the 1.6 he makes now, its laughable to think he signs for just 1mil.
See above for Miller, he doesn;t sign for 1mil. (Not to mention, you cant even dress him in the lineup above at 1mil)
without going through each one, I'll move on....
Sandin and Liljegren will not take 2 yr bridge deals, (in your explanation, you say this takes them to Muzzin and Brodie expire, but it also takes them to Nylander and Matthews, and past Bunting and Ho-Sang. And dont forget the last 2 guys who took "bridge" or under market deals, Ajohnsson and Kapanen, and promptly got moved). Its also a moving commodity for the team, theres no way the Leafs dont make other deals in that 2 yr time frame on defense, they'll want some sort of commitment from the team and wouldnt be waivers exempt.
And a team so close to contending like the Leafs, shouldn;t be looking at goal for cost savings. (And dont get me started on the Mrazek suddenly is a reliable number 1 goalkeeper: DET, PHI and TOR found him an unreliable backup). With that team defense, goal tending is the one position that shouldn;t be a risk on a goalie finding his game, not to mention Kalgren didn;t look that great after his first few magical games.