Even if O'Reilly was not clearly a better player, the $2M difference in their contracts makes his value a lot higher. They just need Kampf as part of what is going the other way and they wouldn't need retention.
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Brad Treliving trade target reportedly interested in joining Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs need to improve their bottom six by adding some scoring and defensive acumen, and one target is mutually interested in joining.
The Toronto Maple Leafs need to improve their bottom six by adding some scoring and defensive acumen, and one target is mutually interested in joining.
The NHL trade deadline is a week away, and speculation is running wild. Teams are preparing for a deep playoff push, and several clubs want to make a big splash to improve their rosters.
One in particular who is expected to be a big player is the Toronto Maple Leafs, linked to nearly every available name.
According to NHL insider Pierre LeBrun, one of the names they were looking at has a mutual interest in joining the team for several reasons.
Pie in the sky clickbait.Insider Reveals Maple Leafs' Plan B if They're Unable to Land a Centre at the Deadline
If the Leafs aren't able to land one of their top centre targets, one insider believes Brad Treliving will pivot to adding a big piece at another position.
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If the Leafs aren't able to land one of their top centre targets, one insider believes Brad Treliving will pivot to adding a big piece at another position.
The high price of the top targets at center may lead to the Leafs and Brad Treliving to explore a potential "plan B", according to Chris Johnston on Thursday's edition of "The CJ Show".
"The Leafs want to get a defenseman this deadline as well... I think there's a world where all the stuff with centres falls through, maybe they use some of those more attractive assets they have to trade for a defenseman... Is there a world where Rasmus Andersson becomes available in Calgary?"
Andersson's name was mentioned due to the connections to Treliving from his time in Calgary, but unless Calgary drastically falls out of the playoff hunt, Johnston noted it was very unlikely to happen.
Johnston, however, did not dismiss the notion that a big swing is coming for the Leafs.
"If the Schenn thing doesn't come to pass for whatever reason. If Philadelphia holds strong and says it's got to be a first or equivalent for Laughton and the Leafs decide they just can't give that up, then you're getting into a rental type centre who's cheaper and you still have the first. Then you're Toronto and you're looking at the blueline... The Leafs are of the mind to take a big swing."
I don’t know how many times I have to say this but he left right after we commited
Why is this still the message for our team. When every year we f***ing lose because we can’t more than 1 goal a game.
So what? He disliked Keefe !!! Even more of a reason NOT to re-acquire him. He abandoned his Leaf teammates for a petty dislike of the head coach. He also abandoned the people of Ontario, his birth place!!!
