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Auston Matthews<\/a> Has to Be Sold on Staying in Toronto<\/h2>\n

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio on Wednesday morning and was asked about Auston Matthews future with the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> and have things modified with the organization getting the primary overall pick in 2026.<\/p>\n

NHLRumors.com Transcriptions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What Does the Near Future Hold for Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs?<\/a><\/p>\n

Gord Stellick: \u201cBut the opposite one it got here up about Auston Matthews was he knows the family well. Then the following day, we get reports that Auston, the top this 12 months, there\u2019s not a primary overall pick like Auston Matthews is possibly willing to take a look at the Quinn Hughes<\/a> group leaving. I don\u2019t know the way this is able to change or not change things, but I mean that that he doesn\u2019t need to share exactly what\u2019s occurring, but that\u2019s a far more significant piece of reports. Where do you’re thinking that his head is at? How do you’re thinking that that is going to play out here?\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliotte Friedman: \u201cGordy, my position on Matthews, it stays unchanged, and that’s after they sit down with him, they’re going to need to persuade them, not only that they’ve a plan, but they’ll execute that plan. I feel if, even when he likes the plan, if he can\u2019t persuade them that they’ll execute it, then, or, sorry, in the event that they can\u2019t persuade him that they’ll execute it, he may ask out. But I feel that\u2019s to be determined.<\/p>\n

And I feel he\u2019s got to be told, that is what we would like to do, and that is how we\u2019re actually going to have the opportunity to execute what we would like to do. And if he’s convinced they’ll do this, then I feel he\u2019s going to offer them time. In the event that they can\u2019t persuade them they\u2019re going to do this, then they\u2019re going to have an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period was on TSN Radio in Montreal<\/a> on Tuesday and was asked in regards to the Toronto Maple Leafs and the brand new management. He mentioned that they’ve an 8-10 week window to point out William Nylander<\/a> and Auston Matthews how things will likely be turned around quickly or changes could possibly be coming.<\/p>\n

NHLRumors.com Transcriptions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If the Toronto Maple Leafs Need to Make a Big Change, Should they Consider Auston Matthews or William Nylander?<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period on TSN Radio in Montreal: \u201cI would like to see what they do in brief order, since it\u2019s going to need to be short order for this club. Like they’ve\u00a0 an eight to 10 week window to retool this roster in a fashion that is appropriate to their captain, Auston Matthews, and their high flying winner in William Nylander, who has a variety of term. Auston doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got two years left, and if by July 15, Auston and his agent, and so they sit down and they appear in any respect the changes the Leafs have made, and so they go, \u2018Well, you promised us that you just were going to do X, Y and Z, and also you only completed X. We\u2019re not confident that you just\u2019re going to get to where you must be, where we would like to be for next season, you will have to take a look at trading me.\u2019<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s 10 weeks from now, sort of scenario. I feel Auston, when he has this conversation with the brand new GM, will likely be blunt, because I feel his agent already has been and just say, look, I would like to win here. I really like playing in Toronto. I would like to be a part of this. But when we\u2019re not showing progress, what\u2019s the purpose in me being here for 2 years after which leaving?\u201d<\/p>\n

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NHLRumors.com Note:<\/strong> The Toronto Maple Leafs have big decisions<\/a> ahead now they’ve the primary overall pick. Nonetheless, GM John Chayka and Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey Operations Mats Sundin<\/a> have work to do to persuade the 2 big stars they’ll make this team back right into a contender. The difficulty is the Maple Leafs don\u2019t have a variety of prospects or draft picks coming.<\/p>\n

Auston Matthews On His Future with the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n

Is the perfect plan of action trading these players and starting over? Will ownership accept that? But retooling may be done, however the players need to be convinced of it because from the beginning the players ran the show in Toronto not management.<\/p>\n

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