Équipe: 2024-25 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 5 mai 2024

Publié: 12 mai 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The scenario in this case is that Minten isn't ready yet. If he was then there's an easy case to say he's the perfect fit alongside Knies and a scoring right wing, I could even see a kid line of Knies-Minten-Robo if Nylander is pushed up to save even more money.
Signs are pointing in the direction that Minten might need a season on the Marlies before stepping into a spot, and in that case, the team needs to address 3 concerns: adding a new RW to the top 6, adding a 3C, and overhauling the D-core, all while moving off Marner in the process. In this specific case, Dvorak makes sense as a 1 year solution to stall for Minten and to be a 2 way forechecking/faceoff winning center who hands the puck to Nylander to score, and Kane makes sense to be a high volume scoring winger who does it all on offence, and hopefully the duo of Tavares and McMann can defensively pull the weight.

The Marner deal kills a few birds with one stone:
-Calgary leaves with Weeger's deal off the books and with 3 prospects (4 if you count Bean), a first, and a defense who'll fetch them a pick or two at deadline, teeing them up for a solid rebuild.
-Columbus walks away with a new 26 year old star 2 way/playmaking winger without losing a single player who was a lock to make the roster, with the only risk being whether Marner extends, a problem that would be solved with a sign and trade.
-Finally the Leafs come out of this with 2 brand new top 4 defense with term, overhauling the defense in the process.

Grebyonkin, Timmins, and Hildeby are the go to extra guy at each position, but I kept Hildeby and Grebyonkin down for the purpose of staying under the roster limit and cap ceiling.

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