Sportsnet 960 Radio: Elliotte Friedman yesterday on Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul. (transcribed by Mark Easson, myNHLtraderumors)
“Heard last year that Montreal has asked about him and Toronto may deal him. I met with Dave Nonis in the summer, I asked him about that. He said there has been interest but, he made a really good point to me. He said, if you look at his contract, which is not ridiculous, if we trade that guy, it’s going to cost us that much at least to replace him. So why not see if we can keep him here and keep him healthy.
Now, this year obviously another injury, and I think the Maple Leafs are in a position where they are trying to collect picks and assets as much as much as they possibly can, and Lupul is going to be in that conversation. I believe that Pittsburgh is in on this. It’s not easy for the Penguins, they are right at the cap, but they have some young pieces that would definitely interest Toronto, particularly on defense … Montreal, I wonder if they are back into it. They are still looking for some size and some wingers .. One of the teams I wonder kind of in a stealth way if they are involved in this, because they would be a team that would also need to clear some cap room to get it done is Boston. I’m there are some teams out West to, but those are three of the ones that might have a hand on this, and it would not surprise me if Pittsburgh was a team that was making a real push. He fits what they need which is a winger who can play on their top two lines.”
James Mirtle: Joffrey Lupul can be traded to 14 teams. Montreal is on that list.
