- AYOYE!!!!!!
- Sportsnet affirme que les Maple Leafs sont intéressés à Ben Chiarot!!!
- Et pourraient devoir SACRIFIER Rodion Amirov ou Nick Robertson....ou un choix de première ronde...
- ALLÉCHANT...
A factor in our aforementioned playoff prediction coming true will be Dubas adding rather than subtracting by the March 21 trade deadline.
Keeping in line with his actions at past deadlines (see: Campbell, Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Nick Foligno, David Rittich), Dubas will once again spend draft and prospect capital (however thinning) and reward a core he believes could carry the distance.
Travis Dermott and the struggling Holl are at risk of getting moved in a package deal. But if the GM wishes to bolster his blueline, his most valuable chips will be a blue-chip prospect (Nick Robertson? Rodion Amirov?) or his first-round pick (again).
The architects of this roster are pot committed at this point. Whether it’s Mark Giordano or Josh Manson or Ben Chiarot or someone else reliable in his own zone, they will make another push.
And with developing blueliners Rasmus Sandin and Timothy Liljegren proving capable of more responsibility and deserving raises this summer as RFAs, the D corps is bound to look a little different by fall.