$5 mill for Chris Tanev? Maple Leafs rivals have been additionally concerned with Joel Edmundson and no goalie love for LA
Nick Kypreos of the Toronto Star: The associated fee to increase Chris Tanev, together with the asset value, have been causes for the Toronto Maple Leafs not buying him on the commerce deadline. Some consider that Tanev may need $5 million a yr, perhaps slightly decrease if he will get 4 years.
The Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning additionally had curiosity in buying and selling for defenseman Joel Edmundson on the deadline, however the Maple Leafs supplied up an additional fifth-round decide.
Each Jacob Markstrom and Linus Ullmark wouldn’t waive their no-trade clauses to go to the Los Angeles Kings on the deadline. Markstrom isn’t concerned with taking part in on the West Coast. Ullmark thought the Bruins have a greater likelihood of profitable the Cup than the Kings.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have contract slots for NCAA free brokers
TSN: Chris Johnston on his talks with Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving on the GM conferences.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Gino Reda: “Alongside Pierre LeBron and Chris Johnson. Gents, as we’re right here down on the basic supervisor’s assembly, it’s at all times attention-grabbing to method them and discover out, ‘Hey, what was being mentioned behind closed doorways.’
However generally the conversations lead us a special manner. You bump right into a GM you’ve a dialog, together with two very attention-grabbing conversations the 2 of you had on this present day with a previous and present basic supervisor of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Let’s start with CJ, who did you discuss to and what got here out?
Chris Johnston: “That will be Brad Treliving. Spoke with him for an article I’m engaged on for The Athletic. And he’s in an attention-grabbing spot. He’s feeling actually good about the place his Leafs are. They’re video games heading into and he mentioned he actually looks like on this most up-to-date stretch. He’s seen them improved defensively. He says their high 5 and anticipated objectives and he thinks that the crew has come collectively and he actually likes the place their depth is at, particularly after the commerce deadline.
And I believed he dropped one other little attention-grabbing nugget as properly as a result of he mentioned he spent this final week for the reason that deadline, out scouting some NCAA gamers, another free brokers and the Leafs deliberately left some spots open, contract slots the place they will signal these sort of free brokers. So search for that right here as we undergo March, and a few of these guys ended up signing NHL offers.