Some math to consider for tomorrow:
- Leafs have 14 forwards on the roster right now, none of which are waiver-exempt: $53.975m.
- Leafs have 7 healthy D on the roster right now, with Sandin/Liljegren waiver-exempt: $18.482m
- Let's assume that Mrazek is destined for the Marlies, and the goalies are Campbell-Kallgren (or Sateri)... $2.4m
- Dead space: Kessel $1.2m and Mrazek $2.675m = $3.875m
Total: $78.732m; or $2.768m in space.
Obviously, that's about $2.8m short of bringing Muzzin back, and even if you assume a guy like Liljegren down when Muzzin comes off LTIR (no need to actually carry 8 D), you're still needing close to $2m in cap space to reactivate him.
To me, putting themselves in that position is foolish. Either use all of the Muzzin LTIR, or none at all.