Will assign following as captains:
Captain: C Auston Matthews $11.6m (2023-2024) >> 20% discount salary: 9.3m
Assistant 1: C John Tavares, $11.0m (2024-2025) >> 15% discount salary: 9.3m
Assistant 2: C/RW Mitchell Marner, $10.9m (2024-2025) >> 15% discount salary: 9.3m
Assistant 3: D Morgan Rielly, $5.0m (2021-2022) >> 15% discount salary: 4.2m
Keeping the following UFA:
C/RW Jason Spezza, $0.7m (2020-2021)
-Using option of accepting his real life contract as he stayed with Leafs on 1 year 700k deal.
LW Kyle Clifford, $0.9m (2021-2022)
147th at LW, 2018-19
D Cody Ceci, $4.5m (2021-22)
53rd at D, 2018-19
D Tyson Barrie, $6.7m (2022-23)
14th at D, 2018-19
Keeping the following RFA:
C/RW Evan Rodrigues, $0.7m (2020-2021)
-Signed 1 year 700k deal with Pittsburgh, accepting this.
D Travis Dermott, $0.9m (2020-2021)
-Resigned with Leafs, 1 year $874,125, accepting this.
C/RW Frederik Gauthier $0.8m (2021-2022)
157th C, 2018-2019 > $0.9m extension. Using option of 2 way bridge deal to get 15% discount so contract is $0.8m.
Will not keep:
Denis Malgin C RFA
Free drops TBD and posted later if I am using.
Updated: I messed up extension years on Ceci and Barrie, had them illegal at 1 year.