The Toronto Maple Leafs are still trying to make some moves
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – 32 Final Thoughts episode on Toronto Maple Leafs still searching for a difference maker, Florida noting wanting to match Sergei Bobrovsky‘s ask but Toronto did, defenseman Morgan Rielly and forward Matthew Knies.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“You recognize, I’ll say this about Toronto. We mentioned before with Carolina, they’re still on the market lurking. I feel Toronto can be still hopeful so as to add one other difference maker.
Now, it is probably not now, it could be later, but I feel that’s what they’re considering. You recognize, they didn’t hand over any of their futures, really, and I feel that they’ve, and even restock some. I feel they sort of checked out it as we kept that powder dry to remain alive in any opportunities that may arise. In order that’s one thing with Toronto.
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You recognize, Bobrovsky, this 3 times seventh, the least signed for. I heard that was his last ask of Florida, and Florida was not willing to go there. They made their decision, and Toronto gave him the offer that Florida wouldn’t do. I feel it’s going to be fascinating. I feel he’s, I feel he’s a very motivated guy. I feel he desires to prove there’s quite a bit still there.
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“You recognize, the opposite one here we must always discuss initially is Morgan Rielly. I said that there’s a likelihood to maintain him. I don’t know if that made everybody involved blissful. There was some reporting after that he would love to maneuver on. I just think that the, I don’t know if that’s true or not, I realize it’s on the market.
I just heard that Toronto told people they’re not paying a giant price to maneuver him. Like if it’s something they consider an excessive amount of of a sweetener, they won’t do it. And I feel one thing that hurt them, as we talked about with San Jose, is that San Jose, with a alternative, looked as if it would prefer Nurse over Rielly.
You recognize, I take a look at their D – (Darren) Raddysh, (Jake) McCabe, (Chris) Tanev, (Oliver) Ekman-Larsson, (Emil) Andrae, (Troy) Stecher. If Rielly comes back, they’ll attempt to make it work for him. I feel they feel that with a brand new approach and possibly a little bit of a unique role, that would help them, you understand. I feel he’s a incredible human being. I hope it really works out for him, but I heard Toronto told teams they should not paying a giant sweetener to trade him.
Could the Anaheim Geese be a landing spot for Morgan Rielly?
Kyle Bukauskas: “So that you mentioned, you understand, the Kings, situating themselves where somewhere down the road, if there’s the chance to make an LA-type move, they will pounce. You read into it in any respect, of all of the signings they did, that a lot of them were two years.
Friedman: “Oh, I feel there’s, yeah, I feel there’s something to that here. It’s also two years that you understand Matthews is up, right? So I feel there’s that a part of it. But yes, I do think that they did that on purpose.
You recognize, (Matthew) Knies, things probably calm down around him for slightly bit, which might be best for him. I used to be talking to someone the opposite day, was like, ‘I feel sorry for that child, his name is in a brand new trade rumor day-after-day.’ and possibly it calms down around him.
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