Why wouldn’t the Toronto Maple Leafs consider trading down in the event that they don’t view Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg way above the defensemen?
The Leafs Nation: Ray Ferraro on why wouldn’t the Toronto Maple Leafs trade down from the No. 1 overall pick within the 2026 draft and acquire more assets in case you don’t think Gavin McKenna or Ivar Stenberg is the clear-cut No. 1 pick?
Jay Rosehill: “And you understand, along the identical lines of, you understand, are they going to go a conventional way, are they going to go outside of the box? You understand, a few of this has been lost within the coaching shuffle, is that this draft pick that they’ve. It’s sort of surprisingly flown under the radar. Are you hearing anything about which way the Leafs may be leaning, so far as who they’re going to take with that first overall pick?
Ferraro: “It’s crazy in case you seek advice from half a dozen people, how many various views people have of what A) they need to do with the pick, B) who they might select.
You understand, all yr we heard about McKenna-Stenberg, Stenberg-McKenna, but there’s a gaggle of like three or 4 defensemen which might be really, really good players.
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Like, in case you don’t think McKenna and Stenberg are head and shoulders above everybody, and also you like a defenseman almost as much, why wouldn’t you trade down? Why wouldn’t you acquire one other asset, move down two or three picks if any individual’s willing to make that jump, and you choose up one other asset? Like asset.
Like, let’s be, let for my part, let’s let me be clear. I don’t think the Leafs are near, to being a contending team. I, I’m reading these things. Oh, they need to add a scoring winger, a top-pair defenseman. Yeah, well, I would like to be 6′ 2″. Like, where are you going to, where are you going to seek out these guys?”
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