The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent poorly this summer, and subsequently are still over the salary cap.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent to the cap (as they shoudl) for almost half a decade now, and with that, filling out their team with “notable” depth players has been a necessity.
Hard to complain, however, since for the last four seasons they have been a Cup Contender, played .650 + hockey, and are have several times dressed what has (at the very least) been one of the NHL’s deepest teams.
One way they have been able to do this over the last little while has been by signing players to a Professional Tryout contract (PTO).