The Toronto Maple Leafs are still looking to make some moves
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – 32 Final Thoughts episode on Toronto Maple Leafs still looking 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 know, I’ll say this about Toronto. We mentioned before with Carolina, they’re still out there lurking. I think Toronto is also still hopeful to add another difference maker.
Now, it may not be now, it may be later, but I think that’s what they’re considering. You know, they didn’t give up any of their futures, really, and I think that they have, and even restock some. I think they kind of looked at it as we kept that powder dry to stay alive in any opportunities that might arise. So that’s one thing with Toronto.
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You know, Bobrovsky, this three 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 think it’s going to be fascinating. I think he’s, I think he’s a really motivated guy. I think he wants to prove there’s a lot still there.
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“You know, the other one here we should talk about initially is Morgan Rielly. I said that there’s a chance to keep him. I don’t know if that made everybody involved happy. There was some reporting after that he would like to move on. I just think that the, I don’t know if that’s true or not, I know it’s out there.
I just heard that Toronto told people they’re not paying a big price to move him. Like if it’s something they consider too much of a sweetener, they won’t do it. And I think one thing that hurt them, as we talked about with San Jose, is that San Jose, with a choice, seemed to prefer Nurse over Rielly.
You know, I look at their D – (Darren) Raddysh, (Jake) McCabe, (Chris) Tanev, (Oliver) Ekman-Larsson, (Emil) Andrae, (Troy) Stecher. If Rielly comes back, they’ll try to make it work for him. I think they feel that with a new approach and maybe a bit of a different role, that could help them, you know. I think he’s a fantastic human being. I hope it works out for him, but I heard Toronto told teams they are not paying a big sweetener to trade him.
Could the Anaheim Ducks be a landing spot for Morgan Rielly?
Kyle Bukauskas: “So you mentioned, you know, the Kings, situating themselves where somewhere down the line, if there’s the opportunity to make an LA-type move, they can pounce. You read into it at all, of all the signings they did, that many of them were two years.
Friedman: “Oh, I think there’s, yeah, I think there’s something to that here. It’s also two years that you know Matthews is up, right? So I think there’s that part of it. But yes, I do think that they did that on purpose.
You know, (Matthew) Knies, things probably calm down around him for a little bit, which is probably best for him. I was talking to someone the other day, was like, ‘I feel sorry for that kid, his name is in a new trade rumor every day.’ and maybe it calms down around him.
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