Do the Toronto Maple Leafs look to accrue cap space, or do they turn to Jack Roslovic and potentially others?
Luke Fox of Sportsnet: The Toronto Maple Leafs could still use a top-six winger. They don’t actually need to trade prospect Easton Cowan, they usually don’t have a whole lot of trade picks. This is the reason the names of Brandon Carlo and Morgan Rielly (NMC) have had their names mentioned within the rumor mill.
Jack Roslovic’s name has come up as one possibility. Or would the Maple Leafs be higher off banking the cap space to see if a much bigger name becomes available, like J.T. Miller did last 12 months, or Tomas Hertl in 2023?
Nick Robertson filed for salary arbitration and the Leafs should make a choice on his future with the team. He’s been within the rumor mill, asked for a trade a minimum of once, and healthy scratched within the playoffs. Will he be with the team, or will they include him in a trade package?
Goaltender Anthony Stolarz is eligible for a contract extension. Do the Leafs try to increase him now or do they wait to see how his season goes? He does have an injury history.
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If Easton Cowan makes the team out of coaching camp, they’ll have much more of a log-jam of their bottom-six. Robertson, David Kämpf and Calle Järnkrok were scratched at times within the playoffs.
James Mirtle of the Athletic: Expecting that the Toronto Maple Leafs still have another moves they plan on making this offseason. With a 22-man roster, they’ve around $6 million in projected cap space (excluding RFA Nick Robertson and prospect Easton Cowan).
Jack Roslovic is one player linked to the Maple Leafs. He brings some offense but has had issues on the opposite side of the puck. It’s likely as much as the Leafs in the event that they wish to bring him in and the fee isn’t expected to be much – possibly within the $2.6 to $2.85 million range.
Can the Leafs move a contract like David Kampf’s $2.4 million after which replace with Roslovic. Moving Calle Jarnkrok’s $2.1 million would future increase their cap space.
Accruing cap space in the course of the season may very well be a superb option for the Leafs as well. Have a look at what the Florida Panthers were capable of do last season in adding $13 million in salary, Seth Jones and Brad Marchand. Now they used LTIR space, but big-named players can get moved and having available space is sweet.
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They haven’t been able to exchange Mitch Marner’s offense, they usually could also be trying to generate more offense throughout their lineup than they’ve had up to now.
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