'No Change': Auston Matthews And Maple Leafs Reaffirmed Commitment
With Elliotte Friedman's latest reports on 'Saturday Headlines,' it seems that the Toronto Maple Leafs and captain Auston Matthews are on great terms regarding a future contract extension.
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Dougie Hamilton from New Jersey, should they start maybe thinking, "Is there a market for Oliver Ekman-Larsson or Bobby McMann?"
Or maybe even start wondering if Morgan Rielly would be interested in getting moved?
Like, what do you sense heading into the deadline with the Leafs?
I think I like what you said.
I mean, eight points doesn't seem like a lot.
Now, I think the nice thing for the Leafs is I think they have 10 or 11 games left before the trade deadline.
So I don't think it's safe to make that call right now, and you kinda- maybe you have an all-team meeting, and you kinda say, "I mean, it's a 10-game sprint here, and that's gonna determine, kind of the direction that we go as an organization."
And I mean, you guys know the market better than anyone.
It's not really an organization that is used to completely selling and going for the first overall pick.
But, I mean, at the end of the day, if you look at their roster from top to bottom, it's just not good enough to compete with a lot of these other teams, and not even close.
So, I definitely don't think, even if they make the playoffs this year, ...
I think if some of their good players, I mean, Auston Matthews can get hot enough where maybe they could win a round.
But, I mean, at that point, I don't see it, even in the best case scenario, going much further than that.
So, I definitely think they're in a tough spot, and I think that depending on how the next 10, 11 games go, that's how I would kinda determine the direction there.
