We may not have any idea what the Shutdown is going to do next year’s salary cap, but it’s a good bet the Toronto Maple Leafs will be on the lookout for value laden contracts.
But really, this is something they’d do regardless.
While most teams want to fill their roster with a large amount of average players, the Leafs have at least six elite core players locked up for next season – Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, John Tavares, Morgan Rielly and Freddie Andersen.
In order to afford those guys, the Leafs have to find deals to fill in the rest of their roster.