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Insider Trading: Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames popular in trade buzz | TSN
TSN Hockey Insiders Chris Johnston, Pierre LeBrun and Darren Dreger join host Gino Reda to discuss the biggest names available on TSN’s Trade Bait Board heading into next week’s draft, why the door might not be closed for Ryan O’Reilly to return to the Leafs and where Matvei Michkov might go...
What’s O’Reilly’s future in Toronto looking like?
With a new general manager in town, might Ryan O’Reilly have a pathway toward returning to the Maple Leafs this summer?
LeBrun: Well, to be fair, Ryan O’Reilly himself made it sound like it was a rental experience when he met the media at the end of the season probably looking at the Leafs’ salary cap situation and not thinking he could be an option. But, in fact, what’s happening is new Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving has communicated to O’Reilly’s camp that they have interest in bringing him back. O’Reilly has not closed the door on Toronto, but I would say in general is O’Reilly has really left all the options on the table as he approaches the unrestricted free agency market. So yes, the Leafs are an option, but he would also be arguably the No. 1 centre on an otherwise weak UFA centre market.
That second line is brutal. I'm not sure Robertson is NHL calibre, Nylander is wasted playing with Tavares, and JT is not much more than a 3C or winger now.
Insider Trading: Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames popular in trade buzz | TSN
TSN Hockey Insiders Chris Johnston, Pierre LeBrun and Darren Dreger join host Gino Reda to discuss the biggest names available on TSN’s Trade Bait Board heading into next week’s draft, why the door might not be closed for Ryan O’Reilly to return to the Leafs and where Matvei Michkov might go...
What’s O’Reilly’s future in Toronto looking like?
With a new general manager in town, might Ryan O’Reilly have a pathway toward returning to the Maple Leafs this summer?
LeBrun: Well, to be fair, Ryan O’Reilly himself made it sound like it was a rental experience when he met the media at the end of the season probably looking at the Leafs’ salary cap situation and not thinking he could be an option. But, in fact, what’s happening is new Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving has communicated to O’Reilly’s camp that they have interest in bringing him back. O’Reilly has not closed the door on Toronto, but I would say in general is O’Reilly has really left all the options on the table as he approaches the unrestricted free agency market. So yes, the Leafs are an option, but he would also be arguably the No. 1 centre on an otherwise weak UFA centre market.
I think getting ROR back definitely opens the door that one of Mitch or Willie could be moved
Beyond core four, a look at some free-agent options for Maple Leafs at forward
A glance at some potential forward options for Leafs GM Brad Treliving once NHL free agency opens on July 1.
Seven Leafs forwards, including the little-used Wayne Simmonds, are headed for the open market on Canada Day. Ryan O’Reilly and Michael Bunting will be popular options (though we’ve been told that on Bunting, at least, the door has not been closed to a return), while Noel Acciari, David Kampf, Alexander Kerfoot and Zach Aston-Reese also will get interest to varying degrees.
The more time passes, the less likely any of the above-mentioned players will re-sign with the Leafs before July 1.
So, there will be holes to fill up front. A glance at some players about to hit the open market and who might be attractive to Toronto:
Connor Brown
The ex-Leaf is working his way back from a knee injury, and subsequent surgery, that he suffered in his fourth game with the Washington Capitals last October. A healthy Brown would provide the kind of energy, with a bit of touch, that Toronto needs in its bottom six.
Garnet Hathaway
The industrious depth forward has a history with Treliving, who signed the undrafted Hathaway in Calgary in 2015. In the ensuing years, Hathaway developed into a dependable role player with the Capitals and most recently the Boston Bruins.
Lars Eller
If no free agents return, for example Kampf on the fourth line, the Leafs are going to need a couple of centres. Eller is a reliable faceoff man and has played in 103 Stanley Cup playoff games. That experience would be a bonus.
Tyler Bertuzzi
Wouldn’t the shift-disturbing Bertuzzi look good in Toronto, especially if Bunting does depart? Sure he would. Whether the Leafs could afford the 28-year-old Sudbury native could be another matter. He’s coming off a two-year contract that had carried a salary cap hit of $4.75 million.
Corey Perry
Could the Leafs entice another Ontario native to come home and finish his career here? Perry would be worth a shot. Yes, he turned 38 in May, but age has not diminished his snarl around the opposing net.
Nick Bjugstad
The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Bjugstad would provide savvy and size in the middle. He rebounded offensively last season, scoring a total of 17 goals with Edmonton and Arizona.
Miles Wood
In 400 games with New Jersey, Wood, who turns 28 in September, provided physicality and scoring depth. Again, it’s the kind of approach the Leafs will require in their bottom six.
At the same age as Robertson, Nazem Kadri had 8 career goals and 11 assists in 51 games on non-playoff teams. Robertson has 4 goals 4 assists in 35 regular/playoff NHL games plus 2 separate serious injuries. It's ridiculous to discount him as a prospect.
I think he's still a prospect but. I wouldn't project him in the lineup anytime soon, cause he's so injury prone.
He's doing less and less at even strength - half his goals and points came on the PP last year. Only half his goals and points came at even strength (barely within the top 50 centers), and that's despite him spending most of his ES ice time with the RW who was third in the league in goals and fifth in points.
