People were saying from the beginning that signing Tavares was likely a bad idea. Too much cap tied up in centres. It's pretty clear that Toronto's defence just isn't very good. Rielly and a bunch of older guys, that are all injured right now. If they could spread the Tavares money around and instead of paying multiple older player 5ish million a year, get an upgrade to an actual good d-man for $8+ million, that would go a long way.
If possible, you keep Marner, Nylander, and Matthews. The rest of a contender can be acquired/built. The GM has to do their job though.
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