Teams showing interest in many leaf players
Bruce Garrioch, Ottawa Sun writes … The scouts are starting to circle with interest in forwards Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul, Mike Santorelli, Leo Komarov along with defencemen Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson and Korbinian Holzer.
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The article says: “Colorado forward Ryan O’Reilly is available but there’s a heavy price to pay with the Avs looking for two blue-chip prospects along with a top young player and a No. 1 pick.”
So, to fellow Leafs fans, get it out of your head that we’re getting O’Reilly for Gardiner and Bozak. They’re not taking our shit for O’Reilly.
Sorry, I’m mixing up my articles. I meant this article.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/rumor-roundup-ryan-oreillys-time-in-colorado-almost-up/
Although the above quote is from the Bruce Garrioch article.
ROR is the most overrated 2/3 center in league herstory.
ROR is worth maybe half that and it depends. If the first round pick is one of the last 5 picks of the 1st round, and you consider Kadri a top young player, then yeah, then that makes sense.
But its laughable to see 2 blue chip prospects and a top young player plus a 1st rounder. for ROR? really?
Then Morgan Reilly is worth the package the Nordiques got for Lindros.
ROR = David Bolland
and Franson worth just a 2nd round pick as a rental. um ok.
Even Douglas Murray fetched 2 2nd round picks and David Legwand, a 2nd and prospect Calle Jarnkok.
Certainly Franson can fetch that extra something as a rental.
I’m encouraged that it’s likely that Franson will be traded. I guess the Leafs have learned their lesson after signing Clarkson and extending Gardiner.
He might be over rated but we’re not getting him for our garbage.
No, we’ll just over pay him on the open market.
That’s bullshit. His return should be similar to Kesler’s. 2nd line center, youngish defenseman and a late 1st. Bozak, Gardiner and a 2nd is the very most they can ask for.
O’Reilly isn’t our answer but he is the type of player every team needs. I wouldn’t expect anyone will pay close to that for him though, IMO.
Franson, I would hope nets us at least a late 1st anything else is bonus. I am prepared to see them rebuild ,but I wonder are they prepared to do it?
pipe dram at best to expect a 1st rd pick for ufa…. if he had term on his contract no doubt you’d get it but not at this point no team will risk a 1st if they’re not gauranteed to resign him….. a team that gives that up for a pure rental,and he walks away ,that gm will be unemployed