Insider Trading: Price too high for Leafs’ trade targets?

Insider Exchanging: Cost excessively high for Leafs’ exchange targets?

The TSN Hockey Insiders join have James Duthie to examine the most recent exchange hypothesis around the Leafs, Tyson Barrie and Tony DeAngelo available with comparative ranges of abilities, the Blazes and Chris Tanev, interest in Ethan Bear, and a report on Thomas Chabot. They additionally talk about the 2026 Olympics and difficulties for the NHL and players needing to go.

When Nikita Zadorov was traded from Calgary to Vancouver a week ago, some Toronto Maple Leafs fans probably thought, “When do we get a guy?” What’s more, now that they know John Klingberg is away for the year, the criticalness warms up a smidgen. Where are they at?

Darren Dreger: Indeed, how about we utilize the term that Brad Treliving frequently uses and that is – he’s crushing endlessly. He’s chipping away at it. He might want to add a defenceman – ideally a right-shot person – yet the costs, the present moment, are excessively high. In the event that you take a gander at Chris Tanev of the Calgary Blazes – the Flares need to remain calm, collected and prepared, here. In terms of the request, they want to see the momentum build, if you will. Might Toronto want to allow up a second-round draft pick for Chris Tanev? Maybe. However, there is no second-round draft pick for Toronto. They’re restricted in their draft supply. You take a gander at Sean Walker [of] the Philadelphia Flyers, once more, he’s a truly impressive right-shot defenceman. The Flyers love him, yet it’s normal they could order however much a first-round draft pick for him. What’s more, one more natural name to Toronto Maple Leafs fans: Ilya Lyubushkin [of] the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim would rather not exchange him at this time, so everyone must show restraint.

LeBrun, Pierre: Meanwhile, there are two other defencemen with a comparable range of abilities, both available too. Tony DeAngelo (Carolina Tropical storms) has been on for some time now and the market has been somewhat delicate for him up to this point. However, Tyson Barrie’s exchange demand puts him available. Both strategic maneuver folks, puck-moving folks, however the two people whose job has been diminished in their particular groups. In this way, nothing up and coming on either front is my sense. Yet’s, fascinating that with regards to terms of Tyson Barrie, I don’t think the Hunters need to hold compensation on his $4.5-million cap hit, and that adds a confounded component to attempting to move him. They’re now holding cash on Ryan Johansen from the exchange (with the Colorado Torrential slide) the previous summer. They have buyout charges from Matt Duchene. Thus, they might want to make a hockey exchange with Tyson Barrie, if conceivable. The reality here is (Hunters head supervisor) Barry Trotz likes Tyson Barrie personally, as a player, yet his job has been decreased. Now, interestingly, the Calgary Flames have received calls regarding Tony DeAngelo and Tyson Barrie over the course of the last few months because, evidently, “Hey, they traded Zadorov, they must have room for another defenseman.” Yet, the response was that for the time being, Calgary is in no hurry to take another action … undoubtedly that implies on Chris Tanev, despite the fact that there’s lots of revenue in him, I think the Blazes are in definitely no race to move him, and they need to see this just a little here and allowed the market to keep on creating on the huge defenceman.

All things considered, for all groups searching for a defenceman, there is a person out there that wouldn’t cost you any draft picks or any players – a tiny bit of piece of cash in Ethan Bear. [ Is he] prepared to resume playing?

Chris Johnston: He’s getting extremely close. The way that he is simply going to cost you the cap space that it takes to get him, I think has assisted drive with a few fascinating here on the 26-year-old defenceman, to the point that he will permit groups on Monday of the following week to come to Kelowna. If anyone wishes to observe him perform on the ice following offseason shoulder surgery, they can do so. Recollect that he was harmed playing for Group Canada at the World Hockey Title a year ago. He has been recovering from that shoulder operation for a long time, but he is getting close. The Vancouver Canucks have interest in bringing him back. I think the Leafs have shown interest there. The Washington Capitals might be that team to keep an eye on. They appear very interested. New Jersey and Pittsburgh also. There’s unquestionably no lack of revenue in Bear, who can be marked only for the cash it expenses to pay him.

The Congresspersons have a major opening in protection at this moment – Thomas Chabot has had a hard karma year, had the hand injury, simply returns and presently it seems to be a knee injury. How long could he be out for?

Dreger: Indeed, least a month, tragically. Thus, I expect that Thomas Chabot will continue long haul injury with the Ottawa Representatives. We realize that he had a second assessment on Thursday and that subsequent assessment affirmed the primary assessment. It’s awful, obviously, given the way that he’s falling off that hand injury. It’s terrible timing and it is misfortune for Thomas Chabot. Be that as it may, to take a gander at the brilliant side – the potential gain of all of this – to some extent right now, it doesn’t seem like he will require a medical procedure.

It has been some time since we’ve seen NHL players at the Olympics, yet I think in the past when they haven’t gone – we’ve generally anticipated 2026 and said, ‘that is the time they’ll go. It’s in Italy. With everything we’re hearing at the moment, it doesn’t seem to be a lock, but it makes sense.

Johnston: Without a lock. This week, Gary Bettman, at the Leading group of Lead representatives meeting, referenced that the structure for the principal setting in Milan is just barely beginning to be developed at this point. I’m informed there’s even been conversations, as per sources, about having the hockey competition possibly played in another city out and out. Presently, that is only a plan B as of now in light of the vulnerability around the development of the field. However, it goes without saying that the NHL players who have desired to go and play best-on-best would alter their Olympic experience if they were in a satellite location. In this way, the emphasis is on getting that field constructed, yet that is surely something we’ll observe intently as talks proceed.