Over the last two seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs have given out multi-year deals to Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, John Tavares, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson, Alexander Kerfoot, Justin Holl and Jake Muzzin.
Morgan Rielly, Freddie Anderson and Zach Hyman all have time left on team-friendly deals.
With 12 of the 20 regulars the Leafs need on a nightly basis locked in on multi year deals, they’ll have to be very careful how they fill out the rest of the lineup.
That means that they can’t just give raises and extensions to every player, even if they like them.