Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Sam McKee and Nick Kypreos speak about the potential of 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 appeared 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 largest remark I get is plenty of commerce Matthews. Commerce Matthews. Commerce Matthews. And I might be mendacity to you if I did, if I informed 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 will need to try 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 you must, you must do that collectively. That is simply not your choice to do it.
You bought to go as much as Auston and say to Austin, now it’s been a tough yr and a half now, two years, whenever you think about what occurred final yr and the, the harm, or the journey to Germany, or no matter. It’s, it’s been a tricky two years. Like he could also be able the place he’s like, he could go to the Leafs and say,it’s simply time for a change.
And I do imagine 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 choice. 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 fully fall off. I don’t imagine that different groups take 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 imagine in that both.”
McKee: “Okay.”
Kypreos: “And I believe 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, you realize, the watch on McDavid. And I believe if, if McDavid was LA King’s selection in a few years, or, you realize, as early as subsequent yr, 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 plenty of Leafs followers would ask, can be, does he have the same commerce worth that Quinn Hughes would?”
Kypreos: “I believe if, when 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 meaning by way of, you want a middle icman again. I don’t know if they offer up (Quinton) Byfield, however it will be considered one of their, their their high picks up the center.”
McKee: “So it will, It will 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 taking part in now, versus…”
Kypreos: “I believe I’d like two gamers that might play now and a first-round decide.”
McKee: “Okay, okay that’s, that’s attention-grabbing.”
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