The Toronto Maple Leafs seemed to know from early in the offseason that Mitch Marner wouldn't be back.
That created an interesting project: How do you replace a two-way star like that?
As they once said in the move Moneyball, it's about "replacing him in the aggregate."
Marner made $10.9 million last season.
The Maple Leafs have added a quartet of players worth $10.5 million for the upcoming season.
Here's the breakdown:
You wanted it, you got it. No more speculation. We now know exactly what it looks like to replace Marner’s cap hit with depth:
— McCluskey (@mcclxskey) July 17, 2025
Matias Maccelli: $3.425m
Dakota Joshua: $3.250m
Nicolas Roy: $3.00m
Michael Pezzetta: $812,500
= $10,487,500
Mitch Marner, last season:
= $10,893,000…
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Maccelli, Joshua, Roy and Pezzetta give the Maple Leafs a variety of skillsets. None is Marner, but there's a mix of grit and skill among those four guys.
Toronto may not have Marner, but the expectations won't lower. So the Maple Leafs will do everything they can to make some noise anyway.
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