Option 4: Free Agency
Free agency can be so amazing. Money flying all over the place and players ending up at the end of the day across the country. However, it may not be an option the Leafs will want to pursue. As mentioned earlier, goalies on the open market can go for exceedingly high amounts and they may not even be worth it, as seen by the Bobrovsky contract.
In order for Toronto to pull off something in free agency for an elite goaltender, they would have to pull money out of thin air and do some master advertising to entice a goalie to come to the Six. It is not an impossible task but it is something that is very unlikely for the Leafs to pursue.
If it is something Toronto wishes to pursue, this off-season the likes Corey Crawford, Braden Holtby, Jacob Markstrom, and Mike Smith among others will be available. The following year it will be the veterans Tuukka Rask, Jordan Binnington, Jake Allen, and Anti Raanta who will label the goaltending UFA market. These will all be plausible options for the Leafs if they wish to fork the money over.
The Leafs have a number of options ahead of them and it will be up to Dubas and Co. as to what they decide to do. The likely option? Either pursue a trade or see how the two goaltending prospects progress.
Due to the cap crunch and the dwindling surplus of cap space to use, it is a very unlikely case that the Leafs will have the Cap space to accommodate either Andersen or any goalies on the open market. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what conspires in LeafLand.