And signed another overpaid absurd contract?

You'd probably be in the exact same position lol.

Thats the point. If we let Nylander walk and look to sign a comparable player to replace, we still have to overpay said player. Find me a free agent that that produce 65-90 points guaranteed next year that will sign with us for about 5-6 million.

a lot of people are gonna be very surprised when Reinhart doesnt shoot nearly double his career % and is a 30ish goal scorer for the next few years

Oddly, other teams seem to make it work...

Some fans seem to miss the concept of the cap and free agency. For instance instead of paying Nylander 11.5m and then only the cap to a Dman 1.5m.....that's a 13m
It might just better to sign a 6m winger and a 7m Dman.
Always strange to me, that so many fans are so afraid of not resigning their own UFAs.

Not even free agency... Scouting. Where did Florida get some of their major contributors?

Forsling? Waivers
Montour? Third round pick.
Bennett? Second round pick.

Meanwhile Toronto doesn't want to retain players like Hyman and Kadri so they can keep overpaying their core 4 forwards and they keep throwing away picks for rentals.

If they hadn't sold most of their 1sts and 2nds for rentals they might have more talents like Knies. ****, if they hadn't had to throw away a 1st to dump Marleau to keep overpaying their core four, they could have Seth Jarvis.[/quote

Leafs under Lou and especailly Dubas, traded away so many top picks all for what....one playoff round win.
The Leafs have just four players on their roster drafted past the first round...Knies, Woll and Holmberg, Robertson. That has caused the Leafs scrambling to sign past their best due dates, aging UFAs every summer

a lot of people are gonna be very surprised when Reinhart doesnt shoot nearly double his career % and is a 30ish goal scorer for the next few years