I read this tweet the other day and the few that preceded it mentioning the other teams in a similar comfortably flexible position:
It's remarkable how quickly TOR has turned its long-term cap situation around, from being in possibly the toughest situation three summers ago to arguably one of the best today.
— Rob Vollman (@robvollmanNHL) June 15, 2018
When people say Lou Lamoriello did nothing as GM of the Leafs, I want to print that out, roll up the paper and bop them on the nose. With the paper. Honest.
A perusal of Cap Friendly’s front page shows that most of the teams with low numbers of roster players, a low cap hit and good SPC space are teams just beginning a rebuild like the Rangers and Canucks or are perennial cap floor teams like Carolina or the Devils, who are at least a year behind the Leafs in building back up.