So, after dumping Murray, and leaving us room for a 22 man roster (i.e. two press box players), plus assuming Knies on the team for sure, probably Robertson too, and a cheapo gritty 4th line W of some type (zar/mcmann type), the Leafs have almost exactly $18m to sign 3 forwards and 1 goalie. One of those 3 forwards would be a 4th line C, so less than $2m.
So comfortably $16m+ to sign a goalie + one top-9 center + one top-9 winger.
I think ROR is probably the best C on the market. Though Compher, Monahan, and J.Staal might be interesting options.
Bunting is one of the better W on the market, though I'd probably have Bertuzzi and Tarasenko ahead of him.
Sammy is probably the best bet in net, though Jarry, Andersen, Hill might be interesting options.
Would be fairly simple to go into next year looking something like:
Knies --- Matthews --- Marner
Bertuzzi --- Tavares --- Nylander
Robertson --- O'Reilly --- Jarnkrok
McMann --- Acciari --- Lafferty
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Rielly --- Brodie
McCabe --- Liljegren
Giordano --- Timmins
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