The Toronto Maple Leafs Official Off-Season Game Plan

The Toronto Maple Leafs are not the team in disarray that social media makes them out to be.

The Florida Panthers are about to embark upon their second-straight Stanley Cup Final and the Leafs are not that far behind the Panthers.

The core of the Leafs -Marner, Nylander and Matthews - is as good as anyone's top three, and if the Leafs find a way to add a number-one defenseman and an elite goalie to that trio they will find themselves playing in the Stanley Cup Finals as well.

Tempers might be high right now, but the Leafs have several low-priced, potentially high-impact young players in Matthews Knies, Nick Robertson, Bobby McMann, Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten, Timothy Liljegren and Joseph Woll.

That that many players will be cheap and hungry right when the Leafs best three players hit their primes could be excellent timing for the Leafs.

With that in mind, here is what my plan would be for the off-season. It may not exactly be the official plan, but if you believe that Brad Treliving is a good GM, then it just might turn out to be.

Toronto Maple Leafs Off-Season Plan

Step One: Bertuzzi and Domi.

I have said that the Leafs should not sign either player, but that was because I assumed that they would be prohibitively expensive.

If either player would take a team-friendly contract (under $5 for Bertuzzi and under $3 for Domi) the Leafs could be a very deep team.

There is a lot to be said for having Bertuzzi and Knies locked in the top-six LW spots forcing teams to deal with them for over half a game.

I would definitely prioritize Bertuzzi over Domi for sure. The Knies/Bertuzzi combo is really tempting and the Leafs are incredibly hard to play against when both guys are having a good night.

If they are cheap enough, bring them back, but be prepared to move on if they want big money or crazy term.