Maple Leafs should trade this player immediately

Moving on from Jarnkrok can lead to more cap space and the ability for younger players to play in the line-up.

Last season, Calle Jarnkrok scored 20 goals for the first time in his career, as the utility forward saw time in the top six forward grouping. Usually, the forward spends his time playing any roster position in the bottom-six forward group.

Jarnkrok's 39 points were also a career high, as he has never had more than 35 points before in his 10-year full-time NHL career. Auston Matthews has also praised having Jarnkrok on his line in the past as well.

The reasoning is simple for trading the 32-year-old Calle Jarnkrok: it is to allow younger, cheaper players to play and clear cap space. Jarnkrok is coming off a career-high in goals and points, as well as being a solid-depth NHL player that is respected around the league.

With Jarnkrok currently day-to-day with injury, this is what the lineup would look like:

As you can see, it is still a competitive roster, but this one comes in with a lesser cap hit at forward, which can allow the Leafs to invest where needed later.

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