“We’re going the right way,” Babcock said. “We’re not trying to maintain. That maintain part is what kills you. It’s not easy to win in this League. But now, and this is no word of a lie, we’re loaded with kids. Real kids. There’s five or six who are going to score big-time in the NHL.”
Lupul turns 33 in September and has two years, at $5.2 million a season, left on his contract. So what is Toronto’s best option moving forward? To ride out his contract the next two seasons? Trade him, and likely an important prospect as an incentive, out of town?