Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – NHL Trade Deadline: A Buyers’ Market episode on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Bobby McMann, and that there’s a path to an extension. There could also be a spot between the Maple Leafs and Scott Laughton. The Edmonton Oilers is perhaps serious about Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
** NHLRumors.com transcriptions
“Now, I said on radio with (Matt) Marchese and (Mike) Futa, that I’ve had a number of people tell me there’s the trail to an extension with Bobby McMann, we’re not there. I don’t know if we’ll get there. I don’t even know if it’s possible. They trade him after which he comes back in the summertime. But I did have a number of people say to me, like, there’s, it’s not unimaginable one gets done there. We’ll see.
NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs – Bobby McMann and Scott Laughton
Laughton, as I said, and it could actually at all times change, and it could actually change in a short time. I just heard there was a wider gulf with Laughton. That’s all. We’ll see if that may change.
But I do think, again, there’s numerous defensemen on the market, and also you’ve got to watch out about the way you handle things, in case someone says, ‘This is just too much, and I need to go elsewhere.’ But I do think the interest in Ekman-Larsson is real.
I do think Edmonton’s interest in Ekman-Larsson is real. And I feel it’s just going to be really interesting to see what happens with him particularly. Because I do think they might do this in the event that they desired to.”
The worth for Robert Thomas and other St. Louis Blues players stays high
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – NHL Trade Deadline: A Buyers’ Market episode on the St. Louis Blues. The asking prices are high, and really high for Robert Thomas.
** NHLRumors.com transcriptions
“St Louis. Everybody knows they’ve been on the market for some time, but the costs are big. The worth for Thomas could be very high. Either one other young player who’s a younger player than Thomas, who’s a possible 1c or a Quinn Hughes-type deal.
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I feel the worth on (Jordan) Kyrou is high. The worth on (Justin) Faulk, I’ve said before, is the Rasmus Andersson trade. You already know, there’s been speak about (Jordan) Binnington. I feel they might consider absolutely anything, but the worth is high.
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