A lot of the focus, when it comes to the Maple Leafs young core and what’s next, is on the salary cap headaches that are coming.



Too much, I would argue. Especially given they’re more than a year away.



If you look, closely, at the Leafs’ cap situation this offseason, it is unbelievably favourable. This remains a roster where your two best forwards are on entry-level deals and there are only a maximum of two bad contracts (Nikita Zaitsev and Matt Martin).



There are also a lot of value deals, including Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner and — very soon in my opinion — Andreas Johnsson.



The Leafs currently have just one player scheduled to make more than $5-million next season (Patrick Marleau). That’s not normal — in fact, they are the only NHL team in that situation right now.



Washington has eight $5-million-plus players. Chicago and Boston have seven. Only Philadelphia, Vancouver and...