Unveiling the Surprising NHL Offseason Makeovers: Which Teams Are Poised to Shock the League?

Unveiling the Surprising NHL Offseason Makeovers: Which Teams Are Poised to Shock the League?

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31. Toronto Maple Leafs

Net Rating added: -13

In: Matias Maccelli, Nicolas Roy
Out: Mitch Marner

There is a gigantic Mitch Marner-sized hole in the Leafs’ forward group that remains unfilled. The Leafs badly needed a true top-six forward to fill that void, but didn’t have a lot of options to do so. What they did to get Matias Maccelli and Nicolas Roy was savvy and has bolstered the team’s forward depth, but it obviously doesn’t come anywhere close to equaling the value Marner brings.

Without Marner and without an adequate top-six forward replacement, the Leafs enter the 2025-26 season a lot worse on paper. They’re still a quality playoff team, but they’ve fallen outside the contending tier. Toronto is now arguably closer to the Ottawa and Montreal tier of the Atlantic than it is to the Florida and Tampa Bay tier.

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