Can the Toronto Maple Leafs get a first-round pick for Bobby McMann?
Sportsnet: James Mirtle on the JD Bunkis Podcast, when asked if the Toronto Maple Leafs should trade pending UFA forward Bobby McMann, and what they might get for him in the event that they do make him available?
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Mirtle: “I believe it’s probably pretty high. You talk extension with him. You see what happens in these games here, and in the event you feel close enough.
But with the number that’s rumored on the market of $5 million a season, that makes me nervous. Because I believe market value, have a look at what Bobby McMahon’s done. I believe he’s more like a $4 million player. But in the event you’re going $5 million with term on him, you’ve never seen him achieve success within the playoffs, I believe you sell high.
And I don’t know in the event you can get a first-round pick, but you may find a way to get a first-round pick. The one the tricky thing with the primary round pick shouldn’t be very lots of the contenders that may want Bobby McMann, have a primary round pick, unless you go to 2027.
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Bunkis: “Which I believe for the Leafs is (high-quality??).
Mirtle: “So, yeah, yeah. So possibly it’s the, the talk out there’s people think he’s price what keeper Sherwood got from, from San Jose once they picked him up from Vancouver, and that was two second-round picks. Which I believe is a high-quality trade for the Leafs to make.
Bunkis: “I believe in the event you got an early second-round pick on this draft and a second in the next for Bobby McMahon, you’d join for that immediately over even one first-round pick in 2027.
Mirtle: “Quite a lot of the contenders don’t have an early second-round pick, right? Because their second round picks going to be behind the (round). So, you already know, it could be, you already know, a mid-second rounder and a late one or two late second-round picks.
So, I comprehend it’s not ideal. I believe you are attempting and get the primary round pick. I just don’t know if Bobby McMann goes to get that done or not.
Bunkis: “Well, that’s the tricky thing concerning the Edmonton rumors, right? Like, everyone has already mainly put him in an Oilers uniform. Like he’s from here and so they need him. Like, okay. But Edmonton doesn’t exactly have what Toronto needs.
The one reason why I might assume that McMann has the asking or the value point that we’re talking about immediately is, like, what we’ve all brought up, which is, you possibly can slide him into your team without having to get out the scalpel and cut out something else of significance. It’s similar to he’s a simple fit due to that contract.
Which might to me say, yeah, that’s, there’s, there’s an actual value in that, even in the event you do should re-sign him. The thought you can just staple him into your group without removing any individual else is big.
Yeah. I mean, the Leafs have all their retention slots, and I believe anyone they trade out, they got to retain 50% on the deal. And, so for Bobby McMann or Scott Laughton and even Simon Benoit, that’s a man you’re trading, and you ought to retain on. Those are contracts impulsively turn into lower than league minimum, and so they’re really easy to slot in.
And it’s going to be harder for the contending teams with the playoff salary cap. And it’s going to matter more that you simply get that retention. You get those low numbers. Otherwise, you’re going to be sitting players you don’t want to sit down within the playoffs.
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So I believe that absolutely adds some value. And all of those years that the Leafs have been paying that extra fourth-round pick to get the retention on, they need to potentially be the beneficiaries of that this 12 months with the blokes are trading.
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