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Just the players in the lineup (18 skaters and 2 goalies) have to be cap compliant, so teams still get some wiggle room.

At his best, absolutely. And with how OEL’s puck skills seem to have degraded, I’d say even not at his best.

Also helps break up the opposition forecheck. Getting the puck out of the defensive zone quickly and effectively is a vitally important skillset for a contending team.

He’s also the only reliable puck mover on the blue line. He’s not a #1 D, but he’s a very reasonable #2. The Leafs need more of what he brings, not less.

Hard to get a good read on Thrun’s abilities, given where he was playing, but he does look like a potential NHL calibre guy - even if that means as a 7th D type. Reaves, on the other hand, is basically unplayable at this point. So, win for the Leafs.

We have a Dumba is Carlo. Dumba’s offensive game has evaporated

Pr Probably not a coincidence that those quotes came shortly after a meeting with Ferris. Treliving could clearly read the tea leaves there.

Also, it's likely - if not certain - that the way he talked about Marner that made him feel like he wasn't a priority is a direct result of Tre's confidence in getting a deal done after having multiple conversations with Marner and his reps. He only had a few weeks on the job when Matthews and...

That's the most encouraging thing to me - and it's not like they're having bad years, either, they're just not having excellent years, either (Bichette has been slightly above average while Vladdy is starting to heat up after producing at roughly his baseline). Everyone is contributing.

If the GM not making him a priority is enough to get him to want to leave, he never really wanted to stay. If the team and GM didn’t value him, they wouldn’t have offered him $13M+ to stay here.

Mantha may have size, but he doesn't use it to impose his will, forecheck effectively, etc. He may as well be a small winger like Maccelli, without the playmaking and, in recent years, he's had trouble staying healthy/in the lineup.

Adding Roy made Bjugstad pretty irrelevant to me. JvR is on his last legs. I wouldn't have hated if the Leafs signed that one, but I don't think they missed out. Drouin is borderline to me - the value isn't awful, I'm jsut not sure about the fit. Don't think the team needs another small, not...

Same. The UFA contract that has been signed that feels like the Leafs missed out is Brazeau. Not a single other contract seems like good value. I think Tre has done a fine job avoiding the mistakes that were made yesterday in an extremely thin UFA market.

It's not just McJesus next summer. There's other big deal potential UFAs - Eichel, Kaprizov, Connor, Panarin, to start. If any of them hit the market, the Leafs need to be in a position to pounce.

To be fair, there wasn't a whole lot in the UFA market even before it opened - and one of the best available decided to re-commit long-term to the team he already played for. The whole forward market was basically Ehlers, Granlund, and scraps. Ehlers is still out there, but, none of the rest...

Seriously. Granlund got 3 years at $7M, and he's definitely not as good as Kadri.

It’s almost like the Marlies need players too. And I’m quite happy the leafs didn’t sign any of the ridiculous deals that got finalized yesterday. Crazy amounts for guys that don’t really move the needle.

First UFA deal of the day I would have liked for the Leafs.

Scratch that. He decided to go to Anaheim for $7M per.