On tonight’s Insider Trading on TSN, Bob McKenzie offered up an interesting idea to mull over. He said he personally believes both the Leafs and William Nylander want to end this impasse with a deal, not a trade or a missed season.
McKenzie is quoting an unnamed agent, who is not involved in this situation (which isn’t very many of them, considering Pierre LeBrun says one third of the league has checked in with Toronto about trades.)
This unnamed agent’s idea is this:
A three-year bridge deal with an AAV of $5.