Ironically I think this is probably Leafs managements frustration. The cap system has definitely f***ed them. Before you come at me for defending them, I’m just playing devils advocate for the sake of discussion.
Now that I’ve established that lol, I think the leafs would argue that they are punished in this system for simply having good players and wanting to retain them. If the cap was more flexible it wouldn’t be such an issue and a stagnant cap put a strangle hold on their plans.
From a fans perspective my thought is, At the end of the day it’s on the leafs to pivot and adjust if their plan wasn’t working.
