Lupul (sports hernia) is a buyout candidate after playing in just 280 games in the last six seasons.

EDGE Analysis

The game has passed the oft-injured winger by, so the Leafs will need to trade him, buy him out or give him the Stephane Robidas rot on long-term IR treatment. Lupul is owed nine million over the next two seasons, but it's a widely-known secret around Toronto that he's played his last game in blue and white.