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I keep seeing injury riddled mediocre Monahan being suggested by people. Bertuzzi over Monahan every day of the week.

Knies to LW1
McMann to LW2
Robertson to LW3 (you singed him and Liljegren but didn't put either in the lineup. $4m wasted)
Holmberg to C3
Jarnkrok to LW4
Dewar instead of Janmark for C4
You now have 4+ million dollars left to spend, a full line up, and the team isn't any worse.
(Domi to LW1 moving everyone down. Jarnkrok to RW4. Reaves cap buried. Marner to RW1. Now its over 5m to spend and only the RW3 needing replacing)

It should be pretty obvious that Detroits days of taking cap dumps are over

I don't know Timmons will only be 26 at the start of the season and with a $1.1M cap hit I'd probably give up a 5th for him. ASP is a couple of years out and I'm not sure when Tuomisto will be ready,

Monahan wasn’t injured last season. You’re only as good as your last season. Also, beer is going to want 6M per year and if much rather give monahan 4.5M per year and spend that 1.5M else where. Also, monahan had 59 points last year. Very only had 43.

Knies is not a first line player. Never has been never will be. Not on a cup contending team. Leafs always tried that and it failed miserably because knies couldn’t keep up.

McCann is also not a second line player, he hasn’t shown enough yet to say he should be there. He had a good season last year but got injured in the most important time of year. I’d slot knows in the LW2 where he is able to keep up better.

Robertson just doesn’t fit on this team. He’s very skilled but he’s too small and makes bad decisions with the puck a lot. He definitely doesn’t fit on a Craig Berube and Brad treliving run hockey team. Plus, he has good trade value to get some picks back the dubass gave away.

Holmberg is one that I might agree with, he’s still young and I want to see one more year if he can stay healthy and keep progressing.

Dewar is another one that I was considering re signing too. However, I don’t believe that he wants to stay and I do think that a team will be willing to offer him more than the leafs will. Ultimately I think a team would offer sheet him.

The problem with this team is depth scoring. Dewar isn’t going to be that guy. Robertson can score but he is a liability on defence. Knies cannot play against good teams 1st lines on a night to night basis just like McMann can’t against teams 2nd lines. Nobody will be willing to take on reaves contract unless we give up pick. Domi doesn’t play LW only C and RW.

How about goalie? You’re forgetting j signed a goalie as well. Not 5 mill my guy

He’s a young, right shot d man who was drafted 32nd overall that only makes 1.1M. Where’s that cap dump? You should be saying thank you 😂