Toronto Maple Leafs Roundtable: Off Season Acquisitions
By James Tanner
Eduardo Razo:
Since rumors surfaced that he wants to return to the National Hockey League, I’d love for the Toronto Maple Leafs to land Ilya Kovalchuk from the New Jersey Devils this off-season.
If the Toronto Maple Leafs want to improve, they’ll have to give up some of their offense. For example, they might have to surrender James van Riemsdyk in a trade.
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Thus, Kovalchuk would make a suitable short-term solution, and that’s the beauty of this. Toronto could commit to a short one or two-year deal with the Russian, who has ties with Lou Lamoriello.
The argument against this will be his age, and at 34 how much will he have left in the tank ? What price would they have to pay to get him out of New Jersey? It’s a fantasy perhaps, but can’t I dream of William Nylander or Mitch Marner saucing him the puck for his deadly one-timers.