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Originally Posted by timbit
According to Cap Geek, the Maple Leafs will have $4,591,467 in cap space for the 2020-21 season. The list of 17 players for next season has nine forwards, six defensemen, and two goaltenders. Just under $4.6 million does not leave the Maple Leafs much wiggle room for improvements.
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It's tight for sure. But two of the six dmen you are counting will likely be Marlies to start the season. Their money goes to Dermot and Lilegrin is up so that's 3.5 left for the bottom 3. Spezza hopefully is back at league minimum so that leaves 2.8 million for two more forwards. Robertson will be playing next year at 850k so left with 1.9 million to sign a vet or bring up another young player to fill the gap. It's tight for sure. But doable. No upgrade on D though so if they want to do that will need to trade a forward but not the big 4.