Defender who the Leafs are rumoured to have interest in may no longer be on the market
An interesting development involving one of the top potential trade deadline rental defensemen could have a lot of teams who were looking to shore up their blueline turning elsewhere - including the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Leafs had long been rumoured to have had interest in Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg. However, according to Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli, Klingberg may not be available in Dallas at all.
"To my knowledge...John Klingberg is actually not available at the moment. They are not actively listening to offers on John Klingberg. I think you have to come in and present them something that totally blows their mind in order to make it happen"
-Seravalli on Klingberg's availability.
-Seravalli on Klingberg's availability.
The Leafs had already made a move to address a need on the right side with the acquisition of Ilya Lyubushkin on February 20th, but a rumour this past week had suggested that the Leafs and GM Kyle Dubas had circled back to Dallas and had a conversation with Stars GM Jim Nill on the offensive defenseman. Very curious indeed.
With Jake Muzzin sidelined, presumably until the postseason, the Leafs may require some help on the left side rather than on the right - especially with the recent spike in production and improved play from Justin Holl. As we know, a left-shot defender is a lot easier to find than a right-shot defender.
| POLL | ||
MARS 2 | 349 ANSWERS Defender who the Leafs are rumoured to have interest in may no longer be on the market Who should the Leafs take a run at with Klingberg unavailable? | ||
| Jakob Chychrun | 167 | 47.9 % |
| Ben Chiarot | 72 | 20.6 % |
| Hampus Lindholm | 65 | 18.6 % |
| Other | 45 | 12.9 % |
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