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CameronSquires

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Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsWed. at 7:57 p.m.
Thread: Leafs Prospects, Draft Picks and More
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CameronSquires</b></div><div>When do y'all think the first contract/extension will be?

Last season one contract was signed (May 15th - Vyacheslav Peksa)
and two extensions (June 28th - David Kampf &amp; Pontus Holmberg)

Expiring reserve list players:
Brandon Lisowsky - Expires June 1
Veeti Miettinen - Expires Aug 15
Mike Koster - Expires Aug 15

Players who could get a contract before July 1:

UFAs:

Max Domi (C,RW) - **
Tyler Bertuzzi (LW, RW) - *
TJ Brodie (LD/RD) - x
Joel Edmundson (LD/RD) - *
Mark Giordano (LD) - x
Ilya Lyubushkin (RD)
Martin Jones (G) - *
Ilya Samsonov (G) - x
John Klingberg (RD) - x
Matt Murray (G) - x
Kyle Clifford (LW)
Dylan Gambrell (C)


RFAs:

Connor Dewar (LW, C) (ARB) - ***
Noah Gregor (LW, RW) (ARB)
Nick Robertson (LW, RW) - ***
Timothy Liljegren (RD) (ARB) - ***
Max Ellis (RW) (ARB) - *
Alex Steeves (LW, RW) (ARB) - **
Maxime Lajoie (LW) (ARB)
Keith Petruzzelli (G) (ARB)

* - Strong case to come back
** - Likely coming back
*** - Almost guaranteed
x - Almost guaranteed not coming back

So, when will the first move happen? What/who will it be?</div></div>

My guess is Domi. The only UFA I want to return is Domi. The only RFA I want to return is Dewar. Trade Liljegren for a pick and Robertson for another RD (preferably one a little more physical and defensively reliable, ala Korczak). I really just don't see Robby and Lili being apart of Trelivings plans, ESPECIALLY Liljegren. Seems like he is all but gone. I liked Edmundson, but I guarantee adding more offense from the blueline will be the biggest priority. I don't think they want anymore lefties playing right. Montour will probably be our biggest target. Roy and Pesce will be close seconds.

This team should be extremely different next season. I doubt very many people are coming back
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsMon. at 12:37 p.m.
Thread: The silliness of Marner trades
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>fangm</b></div><div>Trading Marner at this stage feels more like a statement/attempted culture shift than a hockey move.

It seems like the Leafs are saying that things won't be the same moving forward. The reality is that almost any Marner deal makes them immediately worse. But even if they move him for a bunch of picks, at this point if they signed Zadarov for $5.5M and Tanev for $5.5M and that was your "return" most Leafs fans would take it.</div></div>

Agree with you. Gotta think the biggest shift will be 25/26 will be Marner (who isn't traded) and Tavares 22m comes off the books. Admitting the Leafs will have RFAs that should deserve raises......Woll, Holmberg and Knies. Be fun to be a Leaf GM to fill out the roster. For the first time in forever...the Leafs might have four inexpensive rookies making the team....Minten, Cowan, Webber, Niemela making the team which is helps the cap too, but maybe I'm being too optimistic.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsMon. at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Leafs 2024 2025 Offseason Discussion Part 1: Kill or Be Killed
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>His NMC is the problem.</div></div>

In which CJ's reported he's interested in waiving...

List of teams that make sense IMO:
Utah (He's the superstar and the big name coming into a new city to the NHL. They also can pay him and give him the C if wanted)
Vegas (It's Vegas)
Edmonton (Marner's good buddies with Hyman, Campbell Ceci, via wedding, + Holland has a way with former Leafs)
Calgary (Marner's friends with Kadri and comes in to be the saviour)
Dallas (Cup contender for multiple years)
Colorado (Same as Dallas)
Florida (Same as the previous 2 with the bonus of great weather and is protected)
Tampa (Same with Florida but not as strong Cup Contender)
Pittsburgh (Relationship with Dubas and has a chance to play with 1 of his 2 favourite players: Crosby)
Ottawa (Still close to home and would be looked at as the hero if he managed to pull them to the playoffs)
Buffalo (Same as OTT but even more-so with how bad the Bills are in the playoffs)
Montreal (Good, young core where he'll get line 1 and be the guy)
Los Angeles (Good weather and a team close to a ring)
Anaheim (MTL but good weather but farther from home)
Chicago (Bedard, need I say more? And it was the other team his other favourite player played for; Patty Kane)
San Jose (Chance to play with Will Smith and Celebrini)


That's 16 teams that I can see him waiving for, not including NSH with ROR and Schenn, WSH with Ovi and Sandin, etc.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16 at 4:38 a.m.
Thread: Leafs Rumours
The odds of a team trading for a large contract at the draft or prior to most of the large UFAs signing is very slim.

Why? Well as nice as it is to map out all of these extra signings you can do with the cap space, other teams are exploring those options and going hey we can probably address our needs with our cap space instead of having to trade a core piece and future assets to bring a guy in.

I’ll give you that Marner is likely a bit of an exception given the caliber of player he is. But with that, teams likely are wary of what that players production would be A. In a different system and B. Without the caliber of forward talent the player is currently surrounded by.

This doesn’t factor in either that Marner pretty much holds all of the chips in his hand with the NMC, and with it taking him right to UFA, he can pretty much decide where he’d go.

The one benefit for you in this hypothetical is there is a hypothetical where Saros is expendable. I’m not sure if Marner would re-sign in Nashville though with them banking on rookie goaltending with a lesser roster than the team he came from doing the same with a better roster.