Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Toronto Maple Leafs will definitely try to figure it out, but it’s hard to see them being able to fit in Alex Pietrangelo in the $9 million range per season to a team that already has Auston Matthews ($11.634 million), John Tavares ($11 million), Mitch Marner ($10.893) and William Nylander ($6.9 million).
Some fans suggest trade Morgan Rielly and his $5 million cap hit, and the return for him would be pretty good. doesn’t see this as an option.