Michael Traikos of the National Post reports that demoting Jeff Finger was not just a business decision. It was because, as Ron Wilson points out, there are seven defencemen ahead of him on the depth chart.
Damien Cox thinks the demotion of Jeff Finger is a signal to the rest of the league that the Leafs have cap space to sell.Cox further elaborates that the cap space the Leafs have is a shade above $4 million. Cox sees this as a sign that the Leafs will collect some bad contracts.
Michael Traikos of the National Post says that Ron Wilson said "we have seven guys better than him now, and that's what it really came down to. We're not going to carry eight forwards. We don't even want to carry two extra forwards.
My belief is that it is a combination of things. Although I believe that even if Finger's contract was negligible they would demote him because his bad luck (injury) caused him to become the lowest defenceman on the depth chart. However I think the fact that they cleared $3.5 million in cap space helps the Leafs as they have a lot more breathing room. As for the bad contracts idea, I think the Leafs will only collect such contracts if they ...
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