This is very important to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are already in a cap crunch with several pending UFA's and RFA's in need of new contracts. There are a few candidates who may walk, including
Ilya Mikheyev, who had requested a trade during the offseason. In terms of the RFA's, the Leafs have a few important ones, including
Rasmus Sandin and
Timothy Liljegren, both of whom could likely be given low-value bridge deals, but both Ondrej Kase and
Pierre Engvall are eligible for arbitration, which could be a problem.