TSN: Updates from Pierre LeBrun and Bob McKenzie on Insider Trading on Toronto Maple Leafs restricted free agent William Nylander.
Pierre LeBrun: Believe that Maple Leafs may have held some internal talks about waiting until the trade deadline if they don’t like the offers they are getting from teams for Nylander. Since he’s not able to play in the NHL if he’s not signed by December 1st, those trade deadline offers would come from non-playoff teams.
“But it could be that a non-playoff team that doesn’t require his services until next season anyway might pony up the kind of assets that could help the Leafs in a playoff run this year.