At least, that is what Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas said to the media.
I believe the quotes was something like – and I’m paraphrasing here – ‘we’d love to bring Hainsey back but it’s going to likely be too expensive.’
If you’ve been following the NHL for any amount of time, you know this is code for ‘he’s a good vet, but we ain’t interested.’
I mean, just the other week Kyle said ‘Marleau probably isn’t going anywhere’ just a day before he did, in fact, go somewhere.
Then he was quoted as saying “there’s a good chance Nikita stays with us for next year, we’re not very deep on the right side,’ just milliseconds before trading him to Ottawa.