Step by Step Guide to the Toronto Maple Leafs Off-Season

The most exciting off-season in recent Toronto Maple Leafs history is almost upon us.

With the Toronto Maple Leafs on the verge of being legitimate Stanley Cup Contenders, I believe that the upcoming transition from rebuild to fine-tuning is going to be a lot of fun.

The Expansion Draft, the Entry Draft, the free-agent market and, hopefully, several trades.

I recently outlined why I think the Leafs are on the verge of, not only contending, but being the best team in hockey.  What follows is my step-by-step guide on how to achieve that.  The reason I think it can be achieved is simple: The Leafs already have a great team, they have cap space, assets, money, and will be hurt less than most teams by the Expansion Draft, and if the salary cap doesn’t rise.

Many of my ideas may be wrong, bad or even insane.  They are just my opinions.  These are just the things I would do if I was GM – which I am not. (And thank God for that, I can hear many of you saying!).  But what if I was?  Well, now you get to find out!

That said, this is really more about showing the kind of options the team has, as opposed to realistically guessing what they’ll actually do.

Don’t agree with my moves?  Let me know what you’d do differently.