What variety of centers should the Toronto Maple Leafs be taking a look at?
Sportsnet: Justin Bourne, Nick Kypreos, and Sam McKee talking in regards to the Toronto Maple Leafs and what variety of centers the Leafs must be looking to amass. Do they should make a blockbuster?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Bourne: “I’m getting nervous, as J.T. Miller moves, as Mikael Granlund moves. Obviously, (Mikko) Rantanen and (Martin) Necas move. You see, there’s only so many guys that may move. The Islanders are suddenly competitive and never seeking to trade. You realize, you begin looking across the league, and also you’re squinting, going, is Scott Laughton the reply? Like, .”
Kypreos: “You guys understand how I feel about that variety of center man, where it’s such as you’re locked in to go trade for, Scott Laughton will cost you, probably a primary or a second and a 3rd.”
Bourne: “What about in the event you take (Rasmus) Ristolainen’s contract?”
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Kypreos: “But I don’t think he’s high enough. Don’t think it’s gonna, like if, if the Leafs …”
Bourne: “But that’s why it’s getting harder, Kyp.”
Kypreos: “If the Leafs don’t rating. Like, is Scott gonna are available and help that?”
Bourne: “No. It’s not like he jumps over the boards, you’re like, we got a likelihood to get one.”
Kypreos: “You wish a middle man that may almost push John Tavares down.”
Bourne: “You’re almost literally only talking about Dylan Cozens.”
Kypreos: “You wish any person pretty much as good or higher than John Tavares.”
McKee: “Who’s that?”
Kypreos: “Yeah, you’re right. You mentioned the name of, of Cozens. We’ve dropped Kadri’s name before. That’s the variety of impact, I feel, player that they must be going for, and …”
Bourne: “Calgary just said they’re not doing Kadri, (Mackenzie) Weegar or (Rasmus) Andersson”
Kypreos: “I don’t, I don’t just like the undeniable fact that Brayden Schenn‘s got, I don’t know, two or three years left on his deal.”
McKee: “Two after this.”
Kypreos: “Two after this, and he’s already 33.”
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McKee: “Yeah.”
Kypreos: “Not thrilled with it. But how good would he look this 12 months?”
McKee: “Do you, I mean, that’s the name that I had brought up last week. Do you’re thinking that that’s a reputation…”
Kypreos: “I do.”
Bourne: “Six and a half this 12 months. Three more after.”
McKee: “Oh, it’s three more after.”
Kypreos: “Three more after. Are you able to get St. Louis to eat a few of it?”
Bourne: “They don’t retain.”
Kypreos: “They don’t, they don’t retain but times are changing.”
McKee: “Three more years, that’s scary.”
Kypreos: “That’s the variety of impactful guy. Ryan O’Reilly, that’s the guy that excited Leaf fans two years ago, you are attempting to sign him, didn’t wish to stay. But that’s, that’s, that’s higher than the names that you just just dropped.”
Bourne: “Schenn’s gonna finish with 20 goals this 12 months, , and 45-50, points. But in addition the thing with Schenn is he does loads, right? He also hits and a personality guy and he can do whatever you wish him to do, by and enormous.”
McKee: “but so can I ask…”
Kypreos: “Leafs need a blockbuster.”
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