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Frank E said:Somebody do one of those capgeek lineup things and figure out how much cap space and roster spots the Leafs have left. Do it.
CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Phil Kessel ($8.000m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / David Clarkson ($5.250m)
Leo Komarov ($2.950m) / Petri Kontiola ($1.100m) / Matt Frattin ($0.800m)
Carter Ashton ($0.851m) / Peter Holland ($0.851m) / Colton Orr ($0.925m)
DEFENSEMEN
Dion Phaneuf ($7.000m) / Roman Polak ($2.750m)
Jake Gardiner ($3.500m) / Cody Franson ($2.500m)
Morgan Rielly ($0.894m) / Stephane Robidas ($3.000m)
GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
James Reimer ($2.300m)
BUYOUTS
Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
Mikhail Grabovski ($0.000m)
Tim Gleason ($0.833m)
RETAINED SALARIES (0.29% of upper limit)
Carl Gunnarsson ($0.200m?6.35%)
BONUS OVERAGE
$450,000
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,653,500; BONUSES: $850,000
CAP SPACE (20-man roster): $5,346,500
Frank E said:Thanks C...getting a little tight there for Legwand plus another few.
I don't see Gardiner making 3.5...Under 3 for him and maybe 2 for James....but what do i know?CarltonTheBear said:Frank E said:Thanks C...getting a little tight there for Legwand plus another few.
Yup, it's a little closer than I thought. If you the team ends up trading Franson and replacing him with a Marlie making less than $1mil that frees up some room. You could waive Orr too and replace him with somebody making closer to the league minimum to free up $200-300k. Maybe Nonis uses his patented "oops we used all our cap space" technique to get Gardiner and Reimer to sign deals for less than what I put down.
pmrules said:Hmm...quoted from the article linked above.
Known primarily as a playmaking centre, he amassed 112 assists and 175 points in 258 regular-season KHL games for Traktor and Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
In 12 NHL games with the Blackhawks during the 2007-08 season, Kontiola had five assists.
CarltonTheBear said:Frank E said:Thanks C...getting a little tight there for Legwand plus another few.
Yup, it's a little closer than I thought. If you the team ends up trading Franson and replacing him with a Marlie making less than $1mil that frees up some room. You could waive Orr too and replace him with somebody making closer to the league minimum to free up $200-300k. Maybe Nonis uses his patented "oops we used all our cap space" technique to get Gardiner and Reimer to sign deals for less than what I put down.
@StevenEllisNHL
best forward at the 2013 Worlds, and thats saying something considering how good Radulov and Kovalchuk were.
Patrick said:Komarov-Kontiola-Hartikainen as a 3rd line is intriguing.
CarltonTheBear said:Hartikainen might be a useful 13th forward, but I don't see room for him in the top-12.
Mr. Leaf said:I probably should know better, but I have to admit I am kind of excited about him after watching that highlight reel. He scored a lot of nice goals and had a lot of nice moves in it.
Also, I can't put into words how awesome it is that he is the "I don't know."
guy! ;D
bustaheims said:CarltonTheBear said:Hartikainen might be a useful 13th forward, but I don't see room for him in the top-12.
I imagine he'd be fighting with Ashton for the last spot on the 4th line. Not a huge difference between them in terms of age or AHL production. I think Ashton has more upside and is more likely to be able to move up in the lineup, but, on the 4th line, not a huge difference between the two. That being said, I'm not sure Hartikainen is going to leave the KHL. He's probably earning a lot more there than he would here.
A finnish leaf fan said:Thought I'd chime in as a Finn who has seen quite a lot of Kontiola. He's a very skilled playmaker and a good skater too. Based on talent alone he could be - like others have already said - the best center on the Leafs. I think his linemate at this year's worlds, soon-to-be-Blue Jori Lehter?, managed to miss almost 10 empty nets from Kontiola's passes. There are reasons why his previous visit to the NHL wasn't successful though. First of all he is often trying to make the fancy play at any cost, leading to bad giveaways (this was especially evident at this year's World Champs where Kontiola almost single-handedly gave the go-ahead goal to Canada in the quarter final - fortunately for us Finns Scrivens gave two back and we won ). He has a decent shot but his tendency to go for the pretty play leads to him not using it enough. Also, typically for a skilled player he is not overly physical though he doesn't shy away from puck battles in the corners.
In a nutshell he should definitely be tried on the PP where he truly shines. During even-strength play he'd be best paired with defensively responsible wingers who are good at finding their way close to the net - I'm thinking Komarov and Santorelli would be good linemates for him. For a Finn it's gonna be interesting to see two countrymen on the Leafs for the first time since Niklas Hagman and Vesa Toskala five years ago.
A finnish leaf fan said:Thought I'd chime in as a Finn who has seen quite a lot of Kontiola. He's a very skilled playmaker and a good skater too. Based on talent alone he could be - like others have already said - the best center on the Leafs. I think his linemate at this year's worlds, soon-to-be-Blue Jori Lehter?, managed to miss almost 10 empty nets from Kontiola's passes. There are reasons why his previous visit to the NHL wasn't successful though. First of all he is often trying to make the fancy play at any cost, leading to bad giveaways (this was especially evident at this year's World Champs where Kontiola almost single-handedly gave the go-ahead goal to Canada in the quarter final - fortunately for us Finns Scrivens gave two back and we won ). He has a decent shot but his tendency to go for the pretty play leads to him not using it enough. Also, typically for a skilled player he is not overly physical though he doesn't shy away from puck battles in the corners.
In a nutshell he should definitely be tried on the PP where he truly shines. During even-strength play he'd be best paired with defensively responsible wingers who are good at finding their way close to the net - I'm thinking Komarov and Santorelli would be good linemates for him. For a Finn it's gonna be interesting to see two countrymen on the Leafs for the first time since Niklas Hagman and Vesa Toskala five years ago.