Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Rumour Decider: Good or Bad?
By James Tanner
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Rumour Analysis
The following pages will go through potential acquisitions the Leafs might make at the upcoming trade deadline and attempt to analyze whether these would be good or bad movies.
Ryan O’Reilly
There’s a lot of miles on this 31 year old body, but his $7 million cap-hit would likely be half-retained, and he’s a UFA after the season ends, so there are worse ideas out there.
He’s injured, so he wouldn’t cost that much, and he’s got Cup Wins and Experience coming out of his skates.
But also, the Leafs have been down this road.
An aging, former star, with all the qualities venerated by hockey-guys the world over.
Ever heard of Nick Foligno? I guarantee you Kyle Dubas has, and it’s also why I’ll guarantee you this is never happening.
A bad idea, unless the Blues eat half his cap and take a second rounder or less.
The Leafs have all the depth and the experience they are ever going to need. None of that has been what’s missing (nothing has been missing; that’s the frustrating part.
Verdict: As the major trade the team makes to add for the playofs, NO.
However, if they add an elite forward like Meier, and they also add O’Reilly on the cheap, I think that would be pretty cool.