The Toronto Maple Leafs could use a shake-up. What area could they look at and who could they move to?
Daily confrontation: David Pagnotta last week, when asked if the Toronto Maple Leafs are headed for an upset. What area could they be looking at and who could be moved?
Tyler Yaremchuk: “The Leafs clearly need to make a shake-up here, Dave, but what do you think they could do?
Pagnotta: “Yeah, well, it’s hard right now because the injuries are piling up now. They’re piling up. Auston Matthews isn’t playing (last week). (Anthony) Stolarz is out too. And they have been, they’ve been fighting.”
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Like this is a team that’s trying to figure out a little bit of their new identity this season, and it’s just not clicking consistently. So what happens at that moment?
Well, Brad Treliving is starting to look around a bit more to see what his options are. He’s looking for a top six guy who we’ve known for a while. This goes back, goes back to the offseason.
And I think the realization that they need a legitimate puck mover from the blue line is starting to sink in a little more. And I believe that’s something he’s starting to look at as well.
Then again, any big move the Leafs make or try to make will have to result in someone leaving the team. That might be why we’re starting to hear names like Max Domi again, and even Brandon Carlo, who I talked about earlier this week. Besides the (David) Kampf’s (now in Vancouver) and the (Nick) Robertson’s, the (Calle) Jarnkrok’s and whoever, those are, you know, their usual suspects out there.
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But it’s getting to the point now where they have to be a little more creative in what they potentially do here, and they’re starting to look at what options might be available.
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