There is a path to a Toronto Maple Leafs extension with Bobby McMann … The Edmonton Oilers have interest in Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – NHL Trade Deadline: A Buyers’ Market episode on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Bobby McMann, and that there is a path to an extension. There may be a gap between the Maple Leafs and Scott Laughton. The Edmonton Oilers might be interested in Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

** NHLRumors.com transcriptions

“Now, I said on radio with (Matt) Marchese and (Mike) Futa, that I’ve had a few people tell me there is the path to an extension with Bobby McMann, we’re not there. I don’t know if we’ll get there. I don’t even know if it’s possible. They trade him and then he comes back in the summer. But I did have a few people say to me, like, there’s, it’s not impossible one gets done there. We’ll see.

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs – Bobby McMann and Scott Laughton

Laughton, as I said, and it can always change, and it can change very quickly. I just heard there was a wider gulf with Laughton. That’s all. We’ll see if that can change.

But I do think, again, there’s a lot of defensemen out there, and you’ve got to be careful about how you handle things, in case someone says, ‘This is too much, and I want to go somewhere else.’ But I do think the interest in Ekman-Larsson is real.

I do think Edmonton’s interest in Ekman-Larsson is real. And I think it’s just going to be really interesting to see what happens with him in particular. Because I do think they could do that if they wanted to.”

The price for Robert Thomas and other St. Louis Blues players remains high

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – NHL Trade Deadline: A Buyers’ Market episode on the St. Louis Blues. The asking prices are high, and very high for Robert Thomas.

** NHLRumors.com transcriptions

“St Louis. Everybody knows they’ve been out there for a while, but the prices are big. The price for Thomas is very high. Either another young player who’s a younger player than Thomas, who’s a potential 1c or a Quinn Hughes-type deal.

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I think the price on (Jordan) Kyrou is high. The price on (Justin) Faulk, I’ve said before, is the Rasmus Andersson trade. You know, there’s been talk about (Jordan) Binnington. I think they would consider just about anything, but the price is high.

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