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Toronto Maple Leafs: A List of Free Agent Targets For Each Position

By Jeremy Ridgewell

TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 15: Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Boston Bruins at the Scotiabank Arena on November 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 15: Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Boston Bruins at the Scotiabank Arena on November 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Centre

With Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Alex Kerfoot, and Jason Spezza all being centreman, this is one position where not much tweaking needs to be done. However, if Kerfoot is traded before the expansion draft or is selected by the Seattle Kraken in the expansion draft, his spot will need to be filled.

Now the team does also have Adam Brooks who played decently for them last season in 11 games, but it’s not clear if the team sees him as a full-time NHL player yet.

Here are a couple of players that Dubas could target to be his third or fourth line centreman.

Alexander Wennberg

The Toronto Maple Leafs could lose one Alex, and sign another. Alexander Wennberg would make a good third-line centreman for Toronto as he is still young at 26 years-old, and can log 16-18 minutes a game.

He could get you 25-35 points a season, and is a decent option, but likely too expensive for what he brings.

Wennberg projection: 4 Years – $3 million AAV

Ryan Getzlaf

The story with Ryan Getzlaf is a tricky one. It sounds like he wants to stay in Anaheim, but if they don’t plan on being a contender, will he decide to sign elsewhere? It also doesn’t sound like he is interested in signing at the league minimum.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs to have a chance at signing Getzlaf, I think they would need to try to sign Perry first.  Would Getzlaf agree to a 1 year deal for $1 million or less if it meant chasing the Stanley Cup one more time with Perry? it’s possible, but we won’t know until July 28th at the earliest.

Getzlaf projection: 1 Year – $1 million

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