Fansided · Aug 15, 2023
How the Toronto Maple Leafs Can Fix Cap and Blue-Line with 1 Trade
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a bit of a problem.
Not only is the Toronto Maple Leafs blue-line easily the worst out of any team that considers themselves a contender, but they are still in cap trouble.
The Leafs are still almost $3 million dollars over the NHL’s salary cap, according to Capfriendly.com.
And sure, they could get under the cap by manipulating their roster, sending players down, playing shorthanded etc., but why would they want to?
The NHL season is long, and teams without roster flexibility tend to get into trouble.
Besides, that, the Leafs blue-line is not physical enough, or good enough.
I have a trade proposal that fixes both these problems.