Until the Toronto Maple Leafs get the names of all three on a contract, people are going to speculate about offer sheets and trades, but they shouldn’t. There is no chance the Leafs lose any of these players.
The concern is that, in addition to the cap hits of these three players and John Tavares, the Leafs won’t have enough money left to fill out their roster.
These concerns are misplaced.
Long Term Deals
There are a lot of variations in how a team can allot its salary cap money, but there are basically two main ways.