Toronto Maple Leafs: 4 Goalie Options Following Petr Mrazek Trade

The Toronto Maple Leafs freed up $3.8M by flipping Petr Mrazek to the Chicago Blackhawks and it only cost them a few draft positions.

By trading Petr Mrazek, the Toronto Maple Leafs continued to show that any contract is moveable and cap-flexibility is the most important asset.

In order to get rid of Mrazek’s $3.8M contract for the next two seasons, it cost the Leafs 13 slots in the draft, but since the player they wanted at 25 was already gone, and they correctly guessed that their second choice would be available at 38, the move was a no-brainer.

Toronto’s been known to flip their pick’s to clear cap-space in the past, most famously trading a first-rounder to get rid of Patrick Marleau’s deal a few years ago.

However, this deal is nowhere close to as bad as the Marleau trade.

Even at the time, that Marleau trade was justified because $6M in cap-space is way more important than a first round pick in the 20’s.

But this Mrazek deal was perfect, for both sides. Chicago was able to move up in the NHL Entry Draft and secured a starting goalie for next year, while Toronto cleared cap-space.

Having $3.8M in cap-space gives the Leafs a ton of options now that they didn’t have before and it means that they can go big-name hunting.

As such, here are three goalie options that the Toronto Maple Leafs will be targeting with the cap-space.