Friedman: Toronto looking at forwards
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mouser
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They would have to be very cheap forwards, and likely from other Canadian teams to minimize quarantine time.
Oliewud
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Alex Chiasson and/or Jujhar Khaira available in all likelihood.
Matt24
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They're tight against the cap. Besides, Robertson didn't even start the season in the line-up and both he and Thornton are only going to be out for four weeks (not short term to be sure, but I wouldn't really qualify that as particularly long term either).
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Matt24
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I think they liked the player last year too but I think his contract might be too expensive for the Leafs.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Yeah, but Khaira has shown he has some skill, big body and looks like he can skate. Might get a few easy points if he gets to play with some of the more skilled forwards they like he did in Edmonton when it looked like he was breaking out, or did he do that from the bottom 6 mostly?
I thought he was kinda cheap, like 900k, or less.
Thomas Vanek? Matt Moulson? Benoit Pouliot?
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LeafChief
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Leafs are pretty much capped out. I'd imagine they'd be looking at depth for depth type trades or maybe a guy on waivers.
Nothing earth shattering.
Nothing earth shattering.
Roussel, Sutter, Beagle, Baertschi, Erikssons, we got all the forwards you need in Vancouver!
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hockeykicker
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Very unlikely it will be with any American team since those players have to do a 14 day quarantine before they can play for a Canadian team
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Wasn't expecting this to occur so early. But a few of the big Toronto reporter people believe Toronto will add an 'impact' forward at the deadline with the accrued capspace they collect
MMC
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They have no cap space... Not really sure how losing Robertson or Thornton really hurts them all that much anyway. Robertson is one of the players trying to become a regular starter, he is not a regular starter yet (though I fully expect that he will be in the near future) and Thornton is hardly a key cog at this stage in his career. Joe is a nice addition and does help but not having him will not make or break the team. Plenty of depth players in the Leafs system to fill in while these guys recover.
Robertson wasn’t on the roster and Thornton is like a million years old so I’m not sure why this is a big deal
mouser
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That original accruing cap space plan is currently falling apart with the LTIR injuries to Robertson and Thornton.
His contract is $1.2m, but only $125k counts against the cap currently since he's cleared waivers. Don't ask me how the cap ceiling tightrope works this season though. All I know is that Khaira is cheap.
