But you already knew that, right? According to our good friends over at CapFriendly, the Maple Leafs have a whopping $0 in wiggle room with which to sign new players. Of course, that number stands without factoring in the LTIR shenanigans surrounding David Clarkson and Nathan Horton, who will each likely be placed on Long Term Injured Reserved as soon as legally possible, but it’s a very claustrophobic situation nonetheless.
The thing about the Leafs’ cap predicament, though, is that it only really hits hard for this coming year. Shifting over to the 2020-21 season, Toronto will have just $55,433,866 in salary committed to their players – excluding the inevitable Mitch Marner deal – with 10 of the 15 forwards on their roster remaining under contract, as well.