I snuck out a post just in time about the room and the assets the Leafs have ahead of the deadline. Then they spent it all.
Or have they?
Room
Right now, the Leafs are coming off a weekend where they added an extra goalie to cover for Ilya Samsonov’s illness. But imagine a world we’ll shortly be in where Matt Murray is ready to return. The Leafs will send their extra goalies back to the AHL, and activate Murray and have about $500,000 in LTIR pool room. That’s with a roster of 23, and no one left on the roster with waivers exemption.