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Toronto Maple Leaf News and Rumors
Is Leafs’ Bozak headed to Vancouver for Luongo?
According to Vancouver Canucks assistant general manager Laurence Gilman, the Luongo trade chatter is becoming more than just web scuttlebutt.
“Mike is in discussions with multiple teams … Talks are beyond the tire-kicking stage,” Gilman told the Vancouver media referring to Canucks general manager Mike Gillis.
Various reports from the left coast suggest Leafs centre Tyler Bozak is in the mix. Bozak will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
RUMOURS DU JOUR
The Leafs have been sniffing around the NHL’s goalie market and have held talks with the Canucks regarding Roberto Luongo. While Vancouver has always coveted centre Tyler Bozak to help shore up the middle, it will be interesting to see if this deal can get done. Getting Luongo would help the Leafs stabilize their goaltending for the next six years.
Luongo to the Leafs still a possibility
Simple facts are these. Leafs have talked to VAN this week about Luongo. Leafs have some interest. Price has dropped. That’s all for now.
— Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) March 29, 2013
Vancouver needs to bulk up at centre — and Roberto Luongo is the only ace up general manager’s sleeve
This brings us back to Luongo. Years of suspect drafting and trading picks, by this regime and the one that preceded it, has left the Canucks without a bankroll of prospects from which to purchase help at the deadline.
They can’t afford to trade Nicklas Jensen or Brendan Gaunce or Frank Corrado or this year’s first-round pick. Who they can afford to lose is Luongo.
Are the Leafs interested in Kipper?
Don’t confuse interest with current trade talks or offers. Toronto would like to add a vet goalie. IF Kipper is avail, calls will be made.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) March 26, 2013
What the Leafs, Caps and Jets teams could do at the Trade Deadline
Toronto Maple Leafs: The Leafs are in the market for a center and possibly a defensemen. It’s possible they won’t have to add on defense if Jake Gardiner proves he can stick around this time and make a difference. But the Leafs definitely are thin at center and could use help there, especially if they want to get back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2004. One name being floated in Toronto is Mike Ribeiro, but it’s not clear what the Washington Capitals want to do with him. He is due to become an unrestricted free agent in July.
Another Luongo to the Leafs rumor
Bill Watters says on the NiteCap that he still believes that Roberto Luongo is still going to be a Maple Leaf.
— Josh Rimer (@JoshRimerHockey) March 21, 2013
The Maple Leafs have placed Mike Komisarek on waivers.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed Mike Komisarek on waivers.
Nonis on trade deadline: “We’re going to be in the mix”
Nonis on trade deadline: “We’re going to be in the mix with a bunch of teams.” Buyer or seller? “Possibility of both.”
— Hockey Central (@SNHockeyCentral) March 19, 2013
Maple Leafs’ Mikhail Grabovski in coach Randy Carlyle’s doghouse
For Randy Carlyle, the problems facing Mikhail Grabovski can’t be measured in numbers.
The struggling Maple Leafs centre found himself on the third line on Monday at practice, and though that could change before the Leafs entertain the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, it’s clear that Grabovski has some work to do to unleash himself from Carlyle’s doghouse.
And the quickest way for Grabovski to do that? Start putting forth a better effort.
Leafs interested in Ribero?
Corey Perry’s name is the name that has surfaced on talk surrounding the Leafs with regards to trade or off-season moves.
But another name making the rounds around the Leafs is Mike Ribeiro, a top-six centre.