Waiting until the last minute for Bobby McMann could help the marketplace for Maple Leafs
Sportsnet: James Mirtle on the JD Bunkis Podcast on the Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Bobby McMann, who may have an interest, and waiting for the market to develop.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Bunkis: “100%, and that’s the opposite a part of the Bobby McMann one, before we move on to other guys. Like because we’re doing the Edmonton, Edmonton, Edmonton. God, he’s so perfect for Edmonton thing. I don’t think that we’ve had a superb discussion yet on what the market would actually seem like for him. What number of teams could be actively involved?
Like, do you view him as someone who has a giant market due to that pending free agency or, or is it something where it is definitely type of a limited group, but all I assume you would like is 2, two dance partners so as to drive the value up.
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Mirtle: “Yeah, I used to be actually this on the weekend. I, I believe Colorado could possibly be really interesting for him. You get him up there fiddling with Brock Nelson or, you recognize, they need, they may use some forward depth. Obviously, they’re stacked at the highest of the lineup.
I believe that there’s 4 or five teams which can be interesting for him. And in the event that they miss on perhaps one in all the sexier pieces that he’s type of their second or third option.
And I believe it will be prudent for the Leafs to attend right down to the last minute, the way in which that the Bruins did last yr. Wait till two days before put some pressure on those teams which can be feeling like we’d like to do something. Everyone knows how jammed up it’s, you recognize.
And perhaps someone gets desperate enough to provide you a first-round pick or a prospect and a second. Or some type of a package that while you look back at it a yr or two from now, you’re like, ‘they got that for Bobby McMahon?’
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You recognize, the Leafs need to attempt to get among the wins where they took the losses last yr. They have to be on the opposite side of that. And I believe he’s a horny enough piece that, that could possibly be someone that one other team makes a mistake on.”
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