The Toronto Maple Leafs lost a lot of players this off-season.
Outgoing former Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas left an incredible situation for the new GM – ten expiring contracts, which allowed him to reshape the roster however he wanted.
Unfortunately, he spent extremely poorly by overpaying replacement players like Max Domi, John Klingberg, Ryan Reaves and David Kampf.
This is going to haunt the Leafs and prevent them from being better than they could have been. Fortunately, the Leafs still have Matthews, Tavares, Marner and Nylander, and the NHL is still a star-driven league, so it won’t matter too much.