Toronto Maple Leafs – goaltending, commerce property, and pending UFAs that they could be involved in
Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle of The Athletic: The Toronto Maple Leafs had been runners-up on Jacob Markstrom with some believing their provide was higher. The Leafs included their 2024 first-round decide within the provide.
Groups consider the Nashville Predators will preserve Juuse Saros.
Free agent choices for the Maple Leafs in internet embody Laurent Brossoit, Anthony Stolarz, Kevin Lankinen, and Cam Talbot.
Goaltending is the Leafs prime precedence and so they additionally need to improve the appropriate aspect of their blue line.
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Commerce property for the Leafs embody their 2024 first-round decide, Timothy Liljegren, Nick Robertson and perhaps Mitch Marner.
Pending UFAs that curiosity the Leafs are Chris Tanev, Nikita Zadorov, Brady Skjei and Brandon Montour. Might the Leafs provide the 34-year-old Tanev greater than 4 years to deliver down the cap hit?
The Leafs are additionally involved in UFA Matt Roy. It’s thought he would possibly get a long-term deal round $6 million.
Including two affect defenseman or one huge RHD and a less expensive choice like Joel Edmundson or Ilya Lyubushkin.
Upfront, David Perron and Dakota Joshua performed for Craig Berube and curiosity the Leafs. Jake DeBrusk is one other ahead of curiosity.
It seems to be like Tyler Bertuzzi and Max Domi will go to free company.
Will the Maple Leafs commerce or preserve their first-round decide?
Sportsnet: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving when requested about their first-round decide, twenty fifth total.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Reporter: “… preserve the primary spherical decide?”
Treliving: “I don’t know what that’s Josh, that’s in all probability not superb if I deal it. However I wouldn’t say I’m not, I’m not against transferring it.
I might say as I sit right here proper now, greater than seemingly we’re making the decide. You realize, there’s, there’s, we’d definitely take a look at it if it’s, if it matches, clearly a participant that may fill a gap in our lineup proper now.
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I don’t assume that’s seemingly. You realize, the subsequent step with that Josh is trying to probably purchase extra draft capital. We’ll see. However I believe it’s in all probability greater than seemingly proper now that we’re going to make the decide.”
