Remaining Free Agents Offer Intriguing Choices For Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are over the salary cap right now, but teams can go a full 10% over the $82.5 million limit in the summer, and that means it’s at least technically possible for them to sign other players. (Note that this was written before any of these players signed, so please excuse anything that goes out of date between submission and publication! Thanks).

The Toronto Maple Leafs roster currently has zero needs, but no one is ever going to turn down the chance to get better, so if there is something out there that makes sense, it could happen.

Say what you want about their goalie situation, the Leafs have taken care of it.  Their defense includes nine NHL players, including the recently signed Jamie Been and Victor Mete, as well as the soon to be signed Rasmus Sandin.

On forward, the Leafs have their top six locked down (pending Kerfoot’s future) and about 10 people competing for the three spots in the bottom-seven not already occupied by Pierre Engvall, Calle Jarnkrok, David Kampf and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.

Despite this roster – which is designed at the bottom end for maximum flexibility and internal competition – being mostly complete, there are still interesting UFAs out there, so let’s check them out.