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The Leafs’ Organizational Depth Chart, as of today
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Jeff Veillette
Jun 28, 2016, 16:29 EDTUpdated:
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a lot of moves over the past few days, weeks, months… okay, this organization has been in constant churn since sometime last season. With that considered, I figured that it would make sense to organize the mess into something a bit easier to consume.
Note that all lists are sorted by age, rather than any form of actual rankings.

Under Contract / Restricted Free Agents

Left WingAgeCentreAgeRight WingAge
Joffrey Lupul
32
Brooks Laich
33
Leo Komarov
29
Milan Michalek
31
Tyler Bozak
30
Zach Hyman
24
Colin Greening
30
Nazem Kadri
25
Nikita Soshnikov
22
James van Riemsdyk
27
Peter Holland
25
Connor Brown
22
Josh Leivo
23
Byron Froese
25
William Nylander
20
Brendan Leipsic
22
Frederik Gauthier
21
Tobias Lindberg
20
Kerby Rychel
21
 
 
Mitch Marner
19
Andreas Johnson
21
 
 
Kasperi Kapanen
19
Dmytro Timashov
19
 
 
 
Assuming all holds right now, Toronto will be losing Michael Grabner, PA Parenteau, Brad Boyes, Raffi Torres, Rich Clune, Ben Smith, Colin Smith, and Sam Carrick to Free Agency. Peter Holland and Josh Leivo have been tendered qualifying offers and will continue to negotiate with the team. What’s good here is that Toronto has next to no long-term commitments: outside of ELC’s, only Nazem Kadri is being paid beyond 2017/18.
Left DefenceAgeRight DefenceAgeGoaltenderAge
Andrew Campbell
28
Matt Hunwick
31
Jonathan Bernier
27
Jake Gardiner
25
Nikita Zaitsev
24
Frederik Andersen
26
Martin Marincin
24
Frank Corrado
23
Garret Sparks
23
Viktor Loov
23
Connor Carrick
22
Antoine Bibeau
22
Morgan Rielly
22
Rinat Valiev
21
Kasimir Kaskisuo
22
Andrew Nielsen
19
Travis Dermott
19
 
Likewise, Toronto will be losing TJ Brennan, Stuart Percy, and Alex Stalock, while they continue to negotiate with Martin Marincin, Frank Corrado, Connor Carrick, and Garret Sparks. Once again, Morgan Rielly (2021/22), Jake Gardiner (2018/19), and Frederik Andersen (2020/21) are the only ones with term attached to them.

Unsigned Draft Picks

Left WingAgeCentreAgeRight WingAge
Nolan Vesey
21
Dominic Toninato
22
Fabrice Herzog
21
Pierre Engvall
20
Dakota Joshua
20
JJ Piccinich
20
Martins Dzierkals
19
Adam Brooks
20
Jeremy Bracco
19
Vladimir Bobylyov
19
Auston Matthews
18
Nikita Korostelev
19
Jack Walker
19
 
 
Yegor Korshkov
19
Carl Grundstrom
18
 
 
Nikolai Chebykin
18
The Leafs walked away from Tony Cameranesi this year, after giving him an Amateur Tryout with the Marlies and deciding that he wasn’t worth an entry level contract. They also continue to hold the rights of JJ Piccinich in spite of his age, thanks to him being technically drafted out of college. Fabrice Herzog is considered to be as good as gone, but players can sometimes come around; Leo Komarov was basically given up on for a long stretch, for example.
Left DefenceAgeRight DefenceAgeGoaltenderAge
Stephen Desrocher
20
Jesper Lindgren
19
Joseph Woll
17
JD Greenway
18
Nicolas Mattinen
18
 
 
Keaton Middleton
18
 
 
 
Not a ton here, but it’s nice to see that Woll is the youngest player in the organization. They have a lot of time to develop him into the goaltender that they hope he is.

Toronto Marlies Extras

ForwardsAgeDefenceAge
Mason Marchment
21
Nikolas Brouillard
21
Chase Witala
21
Ty Stanton
21
TJ Foster
24
 
 
Shane Conacher
22
 
The Marlies like to have a few extra players at their disposal, both for the sake of injuries and for the sake of filling up the Orlando Solar Bears. We may see some of the Eric Faille and Brady Vail-type players return before the end of the summer, or get replaced, but this is the group that was pre-committed to throughout the season. I watched Conacher play in Junior A and scouts believed him to be better than his brother Cory, but Cory didn’t exactly pan out after a cinderella AHL season. Brouillard had an interesting run to the Memorial Cup this year, and could be worth keeping an eye on.

Overall Look

Just some loose cap ends; the Leafs have $7 million in clear cap room at the moment, but have at least a $5.3M buffer in Nathan Horton’s LTIR, should they decide to exceed the cap. They can go as high as $7.3M over until opening night, at which point they can’t be higher than Horton’s cap hit.
It’s been speculated that Stephane Robidas will continue to sit out the end of his contract, and that the team might strongly suggest to Joffrey Lupul that he do the same. That’s another potential $8.25M in dead weight to either be concerned about our play with, depending on how you see the team.
Toronto also has to concern themselves with two more years of Tim Gleason’s buyout ($1.33M), and six more years of retaining Phil Kessel ($1.2M). Though, they have a $650,000 cap credit for buying out Jared Cowen this year.
Overall, though, the cupboards are full and the organization is younger than ever. Most of the system, even up top, is under the age of 25, and those that aren’t have by and large been linked to the trade block. It’ll be interesting to see if/how the Leafs try to add to, or remove from this pool in the coming weeks and months.
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