With the long-time NHL favorite website CapFriendly offline and PuckPedia taking over and debuting their PuckGM tool, fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are flooding the site proposing trades to retool the roster of the Canadian franchise.
One user submitted a roster retool ranking at the top of the “Most Thought About” and “Most Liked” in the platform. That speaks highly of the potential agreement between franchise fans if it pulled those transactions off.
Among the four trades proposed in the submission(Toronto would also land New York Rangers captian-on-the-move Jacob Trouba and Nashville Predators available-goaltender Yaroslav Askarov), one transaction calls for the most attention.
By scjohnson.com
Toronto Maple Leafs get:
– Nikolaj Ehlers
– Rutger McGroarty
– 2025 1st-Round pick
– Mitch Marner
This simple, two-team trade would see Toronto land two of the most coveted players available for trade deep into the offseason as well as a 1st-round draft pick in the upcoming NHL draft.
The Maple Leafs would “only” send Marner, 29, to Winnipeg in exchange for that two-player, high-value pick haul.
Ehlers, 28, is entering the final season of a seven-year, $42 million contract. He scored 61 points in 82 regular-season games during the 2023-24 campaign. Conversely, McGroarty has not signed his NHL entry-level deal yet.
Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers & Rutger McGroarty On The Move
The Jets are about to experience a big roster turnover if recent reports become a reality ahead of the 2024-25 season.
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period reported on June 5, per “a well-placed source close to the Jets,” that franchise forward Nikolaj Ehlers “is not interested” in signing a contract extension.
“According to a well-placed source close to the Jets, Ehlers is not interested in signing a contract extension with the club and that is primarily why Winnipeg GM Kevin Cheveldayoff is exploring his options via the trade market,” Pagnotta wrote.
Following that initial report, the same outlet listed Ehlers as the third-best available-for-trade player in the summer. “The Jets are listening and willing to make a move if the right offer presents itself,” the blurb on Ehlers says.
Moreover, and ranked just two spots behind Ehlers as the No. 5 player in the same list, unsigned rookie Rutger McGroarty appears on the Summer Trade Watch ranks.
“McGroarty has voiced his discontent with the Jets, as he wants to make the jump to the NHL next season and Winnipeg has hesitated to this point. As a result, the Jets are trying to trade him,” the report reads.
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