Yandle did not leave 11.2m on the table. He hung them up as didn't receive a contract offer.
Cap wise, I'll agree with you, Leafs would benefit Muzzin would be on LTIR for two years. But LTIR is not a get outta cap hell ticket. Muzzin sure looked healthy in the playoffs, might have been the Leafs best Dman.

Agree completely. When Healthy Muzzin is still very good. Also the only defender the Leafs currently have that could fill Muzzin's role is Brodie. and if Brodie is playing the shutdown role. that leaves a big hole on Rielly's side.

When heathy is a major factor here, Muzzin has played 53, 53, and 47 games in a Leafs uni. He has never come close to playing 82 games. I love the player but the guy has too many miles on his body. He can't stay healthy

53 two years ago was all but 3 games. That is pretty close to a full season. When he was traded to TO he played 80 games that season. Prior to coming here he played over 70 games for several seasons in a row. His first full season in TO both him and Rielly missed significant time. Then he played all but 3 games and then last season had the concussions. To say he's always hurt is a big stretch

I should have used better context with those numbers.

Last Muzzin had 35 games missed. The previous season Muzzin missed just 3 but was notably playing hurt throughout the final games and the playoffs, the previous year Muzzin missed 17 out of 70 games. Also having two concussions back to back last year and getting injured in the CLB (play-in series) and MTL playoffs plays into this. He is not dependable and at a high cap it, sucks.

I think he has had a lot of bad luck the past couple of years.

We Leaf fans can agree to disagree on an individual player’s worth; I like muzzin (he brings a unique skill set to our d corps) but agree his health issues are a concern. But Another way to look at it is - he ain’t going anywhere (certainly this year), so building a team without him is kind of pie in the sky.

I guess we can call it whatever we want, he still gets injured.

Absolutely, only place he will be going is into the lineup or LTIR