Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Sam McKee and Nick Kypreos discuss the potential for the Toronto Maple Leafs buying and selling captain Auston Matthews, and who may very well be the highest touchdown spot.
** NHLRumors transcription
McKee: “Lots of people noticed what occurred with Quinn Hughes, Kyp, and the best way it seemed on the finish with Quinn Hughes in, in Vancouver. The physique language and the American captain in a Canadian market, and all that stuff.
I imply, I might say that the most important remark I get is numerous commerce Matthews. Commerce Matthews. Commerce Matthews. And I might be mendacity to you if I did, if I advised you that isn’t a terrifying thought, from a Leaf fan perspective, from my perspective, a minimum of there’s a ton of them that might need to do this.
However do you assume that may be a dialog that they might ever have, like as quickly as this summer time?”
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Kypreos: “Sure.”
McKee: “You do?”
Kypreos: “100%. Yeah, I do. And once more, the no-movement clause come into play. So it’s a must to, it’s a must to do that collectively. That is simply not your determination to do it.
You bought to go as much as Auston and say to Austin, now it’s been a tough 12 months and a half now, two years, while you consider what occurred final 12 months and the, the harm, or the journey to Germany, or no matter. It’s, it’s been a troublesome two years. Like he could also be able the place he’s like, he might go to the Leafs and say,
it’s simply time for a change.
And I do consider that this isn’t one thing that may occur throughout this season.”
McKee: “It’s not a deadline transfer.”
Kypreos: “This can be a summer time determination. And I don’t additionally purchase that that is Auston the remainder of his profession. He’s only a 30-goal scorer, and he’s simply going to utterly fall off. I don’t consider that different groups have a look at him going, that is the Austin Matthews I’m going to commerce for. I don’t need them. I don’t need him. I don’t consider in that both.”
McKee: “Okay.”
Kypreos: “And I feel that there’s, there are locations on the market, and I don’t know if you wish to maintain me to this, however…”
McKee: “I might love to carry you to one thing.”
Kypreos: “Like, Auston Matthews to the LA Kings is the play.”
McKee: “Okay, that’s the transfer.”
Kypreos: “That’s the transfer. Okay, they bought Kopitar leaving, they usually want anyone, they usually form of held out for, , the watch on McDavid. And I feel if, if McDavid was LA King’s selection in a few years, or, , as early as subsequent 12 months, to commerce for him, probably, then Auston would fall proper beneath that.”
McKee: “Wow. So, and that’s a, I imply, the, the subsequent query that I might ask, and numerous Leafs followers would ask, can be, does he have the same commerce worth that Quinn Hughes would?”
Kypreos: “I feel if, in the event you can’t get 4 items for Auston, you need to get three high quality ones for positive.”
McKee: “Okay.”
Kypreos: “Yeah, and I don’t know what which means when it comes to, you want a middle icman again. I don’t know if they provide up (Quinton) Byfield, however it will be considered one of their, their their prime picks up the center.”
McKee: “So it will, It could be…”
Kypreos: “I’d prefer to get a defenseman again.”
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McKee: “For positive, you’ll assume that it will be a, like gamers which might be enjoying now, versus…”
Kypreos: “I feel I’d like two gamers that would play now and a first-round decide.”
McKee: “Okay, okay that’s, that’s attention-grabbing.”
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