Toronto has just over $ 2.2 million in the ceiling space entering the last week before the deadline.
May 21, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The director general of Toronto Maple Leafs, Brad Treliving, speaks at a press conference to present the new head coach Craig Berube (unfulfilled) at the Ford Performance Center. Compulsory credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn images
If the Maple Leafs of Toronto make professions before the deadline for the NHL exchanges on Friday, this would imply the retention of the wages of another team.
Maple Leafs have just over $ 2.2 million in the ceiling space to play when entering the last week of the deadline. According to with several reports in recent weeksToronto became interested in Scott Laughton of Brayden Schenn and Philadelphia Flyers of St. Louis.
These, however, are not the only names, because the director general of the Maple Leafs Brad Treliving would also have examined the Montreal Canadiens striker Jake Evans, plus a few others.
According to Chris Johnston and Pierre Lebrun of athleticsAny trade involving players of the big name like these will require a salary retention of their trading partner, or potentially a third team.
“It is almost a decision-making time after a month’s prosecution of a third line center. The Leafs watched Brayden Schenn in Saint-Louis and Scott Laughton in Philadelphia, while keeping tabs on fall rental options like Jake Evans of Montreal, the two initiated of Seattle.
“Meanwhile, the GM Brad Treliving also hopes to get another depth defender who can play on the right side. A tight ceiling situation is looming on each decision in Toronto, which is why Treliving is likely to request the salary retention of any seller and / or use another team as a third -party broker to operate the money.”
The Schenn contract has two more years more, and its annual average value is $ 6.5 million, which is much higher than Toronto can adapt to its current ceiling structure. Laughton, however, has a more year at $ 3 million, which could be easier to integrate.
Laughton scored 11 goals and 16 assists in 58 games with the flyers this season while Schenn scored 12 goals and 26 assists in 62 games with The Blues.
Could Toronto opt for a big fish like Schenn, who has a Stanley Cup and a past with the head coach of the Maple Leafs Craig Berube? Or could they go with the cheaper option in terms of salary in Laughton?
The action continues to swirl around Laughton with several following teams. Meanwhile, the position of the blues on Schenn has not changed. He will not be exchanged unless a team is interested and pushes Armstrong to go to Schenn and ask him to give up NTC. I believe that a team will make it interesting.
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