Kyle Dubas appears to fire a warning shot at Rasmus Sandin, which could have him second-guessing the idea of an offer sheet
The Toronto Maple Leafs will no doubt keep their focus on what's in front of them - most imminently, the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. As of this point, the Leafs have just 3 picks in this draft, in the 1st, 3rd and 7th rounds, but trading down or moving roster pieces to secure some additional draft capital is certainly possible.
Once the draft has concluded on Thursday and Friday, Leafs GM Kyle Dubas will turn his attention to July 13th and the start of free agency. Once interesting storyline worth following has been the Rasmus Sandin debacle and what was once a seemingly routine signing has since become much more cloudy and uncertain.
It was originally thought that both Sandin and Liljegren would be simple bridge deals, agreed to and signed well in advance of the draft. While Liljegren went completely according to plan, signing a 2-year, $2.8M deal ($1.4M AAV) on June 27th, reports have since surface that Sandin is unhappy with the idea that he will not have a clear path to top 4 minutes this season, with the 22-year-old buried behind Jake Muzzin and Mark Giordano on the left side.
Leafs GM Kyle Dubas met with the media on Wednesday to discuss a wide variety of topics ahead of the draft and one of the questions he was asked was whether or not he was concerned about a potential offer sheet scenario involving Sandin. Here's what Dubas had to say about that.
I don't know what side of who's bed that man woke up on, but Kyle Dubas is cold as ICE all of a sudden. It's difficult to ascertain what he meant by that comment. Is it something that he's inviting? Is it a threat to the player that if he doesn't want to be here, there's an easy way out? It's very uncharacteristic of Dubas to be so blunt about something like that.
Offer sheets are a rarity - especially successful offer sheets - so I don't necessarily think we're going to find out what he meant with his comment, but just the fact that he delivered the message the way he did is a pretty good indicator that he knows he has some very important decisions ahead of him this summer and that his focus is on the guys who want to be here and who want to win here rather than the guys who don't.
| POLL | ||
JUILLET 6 | 462 ANSWERS Kyle Dubas appears to fire a warning shot at Rasmus Sandin, which could have him second-guessing the idea of an offer sheet Will Rasmus Sandin sign an offer sheet next week? | ||
| Yes | 153 | 33.1 % |
| No | 215 | 46.5 % |
| If he does, good riddance, let him go! | 94 | 20.3 % |
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