The Toronto Maple Leafs had another disappointing season and as a result, there are a few pending free agents they should move on from.
Within the entire Toronto Maple Leafs organization, there are 24 pending free agents (unrestricted and restricted combined). As we previously spoke about, there are a few players the team should 100 percent re-sign, but there are number they should immediately walk away from.
During Kyle Dubas’ era, the team hasn’t had any issues with walking away from pending free agents, without getting in return for them. The organization has gone with the “in-house rental” approach, with full intentions that they would be in a better position letting “x player” walk away at the end of his contract, instead of trading an asset for them.
That approach is good and bad. When it’s a depth forward who performs poorly and walks away from the organization for nothing, it stings. However, when that player is someone like Jason Spezza, who helps you in the playoffs, it’s worth keeping them.
The Leafs signed a number of players to one-year deals last off-season, and for the most part, they underperformed.
As a result, there’s going to be a ton of turnover next year, as the Leafs continue to look for that perfect recipe. Unfortunately, due to salary-cap concerns, the organization will have to to find diamonds in the rough, but at least they can wash their hands with some of the players they signed last year and hope for a better result.
Building a veteran lineup is important, but what’s most important, is that they show up in the playoffs. Unfortunately, the players we’re about to speak about didn’t do much in the playoffs, and although they’re not the sole reason as to why the Leafs failed this year, they didn’t do much to help.
Here are four players the Toronto Maple Leafs should not re-sign this offseason.