It was a long day for Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas as he worked on the trade that brought Ryan O'Reiily and Noel Acciari to his team. But the GM insists 'we're trying to win.' lukefoxjukebox has the story.
Big things happen.
“I don’t often like to part with first-round picks for players that aren’t under contract — and we’ve done it twice now [Nick Foligno, 2021]. I just felt that the team had earned it, and we have to put our team in the best position. Surely, he’ll experiment with O’Reilly at left wing on John Tavares’ line and at third-line centre, where the one-time Selke champ as the league’s top defensive forward will push David Kämpf to a more appropriate spot on the fourth line.Keefe will also have Core Four insurance in case of injury. In other words, if Tavares or Auston Matthews cannot play when it matters, Alexander Kerfoot isn’t thrust into a second-line centre role.
Still, the GM says he will continue to explore ways to improve his roster, so you don’t have to squint between the lines to understand that an upgrade to the blue line could still be on the way.combined “It’s hard to say right now, because you get through these , and everything goes quiet, and things start to pick up when people ask you, ‘What do you have left to do? What are you looking to do?’ If there’s a way we can improve, we’ll continue to look at that,” Dubas said.
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