The Maple Leafs are set to being play without the right winger, a restricted free agent who remains without a contract. The Leaf and Nylander have until that date to come to an agreement in order for him to be eligible to play in the league this season. Which is really the point of the Maple Leafs these days. The precedent is Hampus Lindholm, who signed a six-year, $31.5 million deal 16 days into the 2016-17 season. Article Continued BelowSo if Nylander signs Dec. 1 for an AAV of $7.5 million a year for seven years, the Leafs would take a $10.5 million cap hit this season -- they have plenty of cap room this season -- and a $7.16 million cap hit starting next season for the remainder of the deal.

Source: thestar October 03, 2018 13:41 UTC