Winners, Losers and the Toronto Maple Leafs: Evaluating the NHL Off-Season

The Toronto Maple Leafs are among the losers, unfortunately

May 4, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Matthew Knies (23) and Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) speak after the Bruins defeated the Leafs in overtime in game seven of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports / Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports

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For the Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL off-season has been going on for over two months.

Despite that, the real off-season didn't really begin until the Edmonton Oilers (much to the Toronto Maple Leafs delight) failed to fully comeback and defeat the Florida Panthers.

There was a busy week leading up to the draft, the draft itself and then free-agency shortly after. Though perhaps not as busy as we would have liked, being fans of the Leafs.

Now that we have seen the dust settle, it's time to evaluate what happened.

Teams like Tampa, Nashville and Washington made big moves, while some teams - the Calgary Flames, the Anaheim Ducks - barely seemed to do anything.

Other teams, like Seattle, were just confusing.

As we know, the Leafs tried and failed to upgrade their goalie situation then took a huge swing on Chris Tanev and a couple other baffling decisions we will get to - but how did they do comparatively?

Do the Leafs end up in the winners or the loser when compared to the rest of the NHL?

Let's find out.

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