Realistic Projections For 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs Newcomers

Depending on your perspective, the Toronto Maple Leafs may have had a rough summer. 

Brad Treliving has made many changes since being named Toronto Maple Leafs general manager in June.

Some of these moves, like signing Tyler Bertuzzi, are extremely popular.  Others, like signing John Klingberg only to see his ex-teammate, who was way ahead of him on the depth-chart, sign for less money. 

Aside from front office and coaching personnel, he has had to make very important roster decisions in a short period of time.  The Leafs had ten expiring contracts and a reasonable amount of cap-space (Treliving was able to spend $18 million this summer), so their team is going to look quite different next season.

Unfortunately for Treliving, there are many more important decisions to come.

Toronto Maple Leafs superstars Auston Matthews  and William Nylander’s contracts are expiring in 2024. Then in 2025 Mitch Marner’s and John Tavares’ will expire. As well, there will surely be many more changes outside of the core four contracts.

For now, we will take a look at a few key additions that Treliving has made for the 2023-24 season and attempt to project their potential impacts.