If anyone has a sliver of ill-will towards the Leafs roster for the upcoming season, it’ll be Mike Babcock, and it’s not for the reasons you’re thinking. Babcock has an easy-to-follow theme that’s been in the weeds since joining the organization in 2015: He has his toys, and he makes use of his toys.
Here is the opening roster for the 2018-19 season (for the sake of argument, we’ll ignore Nylander’s absence):
Players with a strikethrough are no longer on the team while those whose names were bolded had the pleasure of being Babcock’s toys.