The Toronto Maple Leafs will be cleaning out their lockers in the coming days after being eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After finally making it into the second round, they couldn’t find the answers for Matthew Tkachuk, Sergei Bobrovsky and the rest of the Florida Panthers, losing in five games. There’s a ton of uncertainty heading into the offseason in Toronto as some major decisions will be made on and off the ice.

As far as the roster goes, the Maple Leafs head into the summer with 11 total pending free agents and frankly, there should be a few of them who are shown the door but also a couple of players under contract who should also be moved. Here’s three Maple Leafs who certainly should not be back next season:

Matt Murray

The Maple Leafs should start next season with Ilya Samsonov and Joseph Woll as their tandem. Matt Murray, who has one season left on his contract at $4.6 million on Toronto’s books, should not be back.

Murray’s actually cash salary is $8 million, however the Ottawa Senators have some money retained from the trade agreement with the Leafs. So essentially, if a buyout was to take place this summer, it would cost Toronto only $687,500 in 2023-24 and $2 million in 2024-25, according to Cap Friendly. This should be the route the team takes, unless a trade can be facilitated this summer and ideally at the NHL Entry Draft next month.

As for a trade, there is potential of interest from other teams. While Murray was unreliable in Toronto and couldn’t stay healthy down the stretch, he did have a decent regular season statistically and he does have two Stanley Cup rings. The 28-year-old veteran finished the 2022-23 campaign with 14-8-2 record with a 3.01 goals against average and a .903 save percentage.