The Toronto Maple Leafs want value in return for Morgan Rielly
It has been an offseason of change for the Toronto Maple Leafs. New General Manager John Chayka is putting his stamp on the team. While he is not overcorrecting from the previous administration’s mistakes, Chayka is bringing his analytical models and thinking from Arizona to Toronto.
Where are things at with Morgan Rielly and the Toronto Maple Leafs
This will be a different-looking Maple Leafs team next season. Some familiar faces are no longer on the team. Will one of those familiar faces and a staple of the Maple Leafs defence, Morgan Rielly, remain on the club when the season starts?
Dave Pagnotta, on TFP Hotstove on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio with Ryan Paton and Dennis Bernstein, in the Saturday, July 4th edition, discussed the likelihood of the Toronto Maple Leafs trading defenseman Morgan Rielly this summer or sometime during the season.
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Ryan Paton “… but Morgan Rielly, is he, is that name still kind of floating out? I think it has to be right.”
Dave Pagnotta: “Yep, that I mean, I was told it’s a matter of when, not if. Now, the problem with the when not if is nobody really knows when. There’s no timeline because the Leafs aren’t giving him away. They’ve made that clear, it’s a trade. They’re gonna get some type of asset back, as they should, but they’re not freeing up $7.5 million, which is his cap it, so we’ll see.
We’ll see when this happens, and how they piece this together. There’s also some belief that Max Domi will start the season on LTIR. So that’ll give them a little flexibility, but (Chris Tanev) is healthy. We talked at (Jim) Hiller’s introductory press conference, John Chayka, their GM, said Tanev could play tomorrow if we had a game, so we’ll see how they continue to navigate these waters.”
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It feels like a change of scenery could do Rielly some good, as you hope it will for Darnell Nurse, moving from Edmonton to San Jose. Again, the Maple Leafs are not just looking to dump his cap hit as the Oilers did with Nurse. If you move a player like Rielly, you need assets in return. Can they get this deal done before the season starts, or will this carry on into the season?
If it is a when-not-if scenario, you would think Morgan Rielly is not on the Maple Leafs when the season starts. Only time will tell.”
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