After sinking $40.5 Million into Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, and William Nylander things get tight, this is not counting Morgan Reilly either.
During free agency, Dubas scooped up discount depth, and one of these depth pieces including Stanely cup-winning Nicolas Aube-Kubel, at a discount of $1 million for a year term.
Bunting spent most of his season, until his injury on the first line with Matthews. During that period, Matthews was far more dangerous with Bunting on the ice, than without generating (64.7 HDCF%).
The Leafs have a tough decision but can find the cash to retain Bunting with a raise, at this point you wonder how strong the SOO Greyhounds connection is, this late in the in the off-season with Bunting able to sign an extension before his contract expires.
