Maple Leafs Reportedly Made Astronomical Trade Deadline Offer For Flyers Defenseman
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A recent report sheds a new light into what the Toronto Maple Leafs were trying to do at the trade deadline as they pitched a huge offer to the Philadelphia Flyers.
It was a well known fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs were looking to address their blueline ahead of the trade deadline with more rugged and physical players.
According to a recent report from the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch, the Maple Leafs wanted Ristolainen so bad that they offered an astronomical deal that was rebuffed by Daniel Briere and the Flyers.
“It should be noted that the Toronto Maple Leafs tried desperately to get Ristolainen at the trade deadline in March, and were rebuffed.
‘The Leafs offered the moon and couldn’t get him out there’, a league source said.”
By now, Maple Leafs fans should be well aware that Briere is a hard nut to crack considering how long it took to get the Laughton trade done and the price of his acquisition that included a first round pick and prospect Nikita Grebenkin.
It remains to be seen what the monstrous offer was, but considering he still has term remaining, held a decent $5.1 million cap hit, and plays a similar style to Carlo, it probably included a top prospect, another first round pick, and maybe another asset.
The Flyers have remained very stringent on Ristolainen despite his value sky-rocketing over the last year and a bit. They still see him as a vital piece of their back-end and should anyone look to pry him out of Philadelphia, they will need to pony up several valuable assets.
It should be noted that this came from Garrioch’s latest piece about how the Ottawa Senators should take another run at the Finnish defenseman. If that does come to pass, the Maple Leafs will likely have stiff competition this summer should they rekindle their interest in Ristolainen.
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