Leafs Offseason: What to do with the 11 UFAs ?

[HamiltonNHL]

UFAs:

Who you trying to keep ? What price ?

Signing for sure:
Domi - 5 AAV

Thinking about:
Bertuzzi - would sign if Marner accepts a trade.
Edmundson - worried about the raise, really like the player
Ilya - wonder how much he wants.
Jones - probably bring back unless Hildeby can be the third stringer.

Passing on:
Brodie
Samsonov
All the LTIR guts

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[MarMarSab3]

UFAs:

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Who you trying to keep ? What price ?

Signing for sure:
Domi - 5 AAV

Thinking about:
Bertuzzi - would sign if Marner accepts a trade.
Edmundson - worried about the raise, really like the player
Ilya - wonder how much he wants.
Jones - probably bring back unless Hildeby can be the third stringer.

Passing on:
Brodie
Samsonov
All the LTIR guts

Only ufa I'm interested in bringing back is Domi, at no more than 3.5 x4

 

[I am Canadian]

Domi & Edmundson imo

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I think you can get Domi for around 4.

 

[ULF_55]

Domi 6 years @3mm
Edmundson 6 years @3mm
Lyubushkin 3 years @2.33

 

[Buds17]

I wouldn't place any of them in the category of "absolutely necessary" to re-sign. The price (AAV and term) might make sense for Domi (familial ties with the club-no pun intended) and Lyubushkin (two stints as a Leaf) in particular though.

 

[seanlinden]

Domi would be a "must resign" for me.... he's likely to come in at a decent cap hit considering his journeyman status and connection to the city, he's quite versatile, and plays the right way.

The second most likely for me would probably be Lyubushkin. Twice traded here, both times has made for a very solid, and pretty cheap top pairing alongside Morgan Rielly. Rather than spending assets and energy every year at the deadline trying to find a guy for Morgan Rielly with retention, I think they'd be better off to allocate $2-4m to the position.

As for Bertuzzi, put me in the "let him walk" bucket. The guy does not have the hands or skill to play alongside our best players. He has surpassed 21 goals once in his career; and I get the sense that a lot of it was the simple reality of being the 2nd best player on a pretty bad team. To spend $5m+ on him again I don't think makes any sense.

 

[mapleleafs34]

Domi MUST sign.

Eddy & Boosh would be welcomed back depending on cost, AAV & potential UFA signings.

Every other FA, can get fired off into the sun

 

[Maple Leaf]

Run it back

 

[Thornbury]

Domi 6 years @3mm
Edmundson 6 years @3mm
Lyubushkin 3 years @2.33

6 years for Edmundson? He'll be 31 at the start of next season.

 

[ULF_55]

6 years for Edmundson? He'll be 31 at the start of next season.

buyout will be cheap in year 5.

 

[OVO16]

Bertuzzi, Domi and Edmundson back.

Im 50/50 on Lybushkin. We need upgrade beside rielly

 

[mcleex]

Domi and Edmundson, the rest can f*** off
Bertuzzi maybe if he's cheap

 

[notDatsyuk]

Domi and Edmundson yes.

Bertuzzi and Lybushkin maybe.

Everyone else no.

All depending on what other cap we can clear and what we get for it, what they want, and what else is available (if there are no other goalies to sign, we have to keep one of Sammy or Jones).

 

[Schennanigans]

The only must sign for me is Domi.

 

[Kiwi]

Resign Domi 3.5M × 3
He had a good season, can play center, works well with our shoot first centers and he's physical
Resign Lyubushkin 2.5M × 3
He's good with Rielly, brings some size and toughness and he didn't look out of place in a tough playoff series

I wouldn't Resign anybody else, there either going to be to expensive, old, or high injury risk for my liking

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

None of them to be honest. Need the cap space to actually get some top 4 RHD.

 

[613Leafer]

Re-sign Domi.
Re-sign one of Edmundson/Lybushkin. The other needs to be replaced with a legit UFA upgrade (eg Roy, Montour, DeMelo, Pesce, Skjei, etc).
Re-sign Bertuzzi if he takes a paycut.