Équipe: 2023-24 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 2 juin 2023

Publié: 2 juin 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Reason for the signings

Schenn - Treliving stated in the conference that he was familiar with Schenn in passing and he fits the Treliving style of having a hard-hitting 3rd defensive pair also Schenn showed a willingness to return to Toronto.

Acciari - Same as Schenn but he seems like a character guy that Treliving would value and from what I read Treliving really loves his character guys

Eller - Extremely excellent skater who can play in all facets of the game. Has a lot of cup experience with him as well and knows what it takes to win. Won't get you a ton of points but his other assets are enough to make him an important piece on any team

Rodrigues - Another excellent skater in his own right. Somewhat of a Swiss army knife in that he can play anywhere in the lineup if called upon. Can be also good for secondary scoring help in the middle six and is an excellent PK player.

Donskoi - Explosive skater coming off of an injury-riddled season in which he did not play so he is very much a candidate to have a bounce-back campaign. He isn't the best finisher but can put up a solid 30+ pts in a season I believe in the right circumstances he can score maybe 40+. Donskoi also has cup-winning experience with Colorado and is a good two-way player with great forechecking ability.

Compher - Had a career year in Colorado this past season and was properly developing into a 2C that replaced Kadri the year prior scoring just over 50pts. Versatile and can play in any situation, unlike JT or Matthews. JT transitions toward the wing to make up for his failing speed but his forechecking and puck-battling ability is still underrated in the league. Compher can also become a quicker 1C PK option along with Marner as compared to O Reilly if we had kept him which I don't believe we would. Compher like Eller and Donskoi have Cup Winning experience but haven't aged out and still have relatively a long time left in the league. Playing with JT and Nylander, Compher can easily score 60+ pts alongside the two

Mikkola - Might be the Leafs most underrated signing if this works. Standing at 6'5" and weighing 210lbs Mikkola was a traded asset in the Tarasenko trade last season and found form while he was on the Rangers playing alongside Adam Fox. An excellent shutdown D who totaled 106 blocks and 156 hits last season between both St Louis and New York. In the past few seasons he has suffered from consistency issues but being only 27 yrs old, Mikkola has a lot of time and room for improvement in the future to become one of the league's best when it comes to defensive and physical play. I can see Mikkola turning into another Gavrikov-like player and fitting the type of style I can see Treliving turning this team into and playing with a defensively responsible Schenn could bode well in Mikkola's favor.

Other Notes: Leafs hire Bruce Boudreau as an assistant HC to run the PP and Offense.
Leafs use the pick they got from Washington in order to draft a defenseman to replace Niemela #28 ( Boston ) Oliver Bonk from the London Knights is projected to go #28 RHD 6'1 178Lbs 18 yrs old and the son of Senators legend Radek Bonk

again this team build is for fun! Feel free to absolutely annihilate me in the comments lol or comments your thoughts

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