Gross. Stay the f*** away Dubas.
Just putting it out there that both San Jose and Vancouver could be prime targets for the Leafs to make a trade.
I think it is a foregone conclusion that the Leafs are done with Kivihalme (just acquire Krys, and I think they'd rather give Krys, Hellickson, and Hoefenmayer all of Kivihalme's future opportunities). Joel Kellman from San Jose could be someone the Leafs target for Kivihalme. Saves San Jose some money since he is on a one-way deal and it gives the Marlies some quality center depth. Kellman, like Kivihalme, is blocking opportunities for younger, higher upside players in San Jose's system. Similarly, John Stevens from Abbotsford is similar, but I believe a much less likely, target in a Kivihalme trade.
Mac Hollowell could also be someone who could be of interest to both teams. Each team has one higher end quality RD in their system (Merkley for San Jose, Woo for Abbotsford), but have practically nobody else anywhere in their system. Hollowell would arguably be each team's 2nd best RD prospect, and both teams had a number similarly aged prospects playing today. This includes William Lockwood and Scott Reedy, who played under Ryan Hardy in the USNDP just like Chad Krys did. Neither are exactly struggling as prospects like Krys was, but I am sure Hardy wants to keep tabs on them regardless.
Finally, I can see the Leafs looking at Madison Bowey as a potential RD depth option at the TDL, and he was playing for Abbottsford today.
It is not like Evander Kane was the only guy worth watching at that game today, and that is assuming it even means anything. Maybe we wanted to scout the San Jose NHL game later today and decided to catch the earlier AHL game as well. We like to do our due diligence.
