NHLTR Mock Trade: Maple Leafs trade Matthews & Rielly to Sharks in Blockbuster
Keep an eye on the Toronto Maple Leafs over the course of the next few weeks.
Newly minted general manager John Chayka has been busy meeting with members of the organization to get a pulse check on the culture of the team, which evidently led to head coach Craig Berube getting fired, and now Chayka turns his attention to his captain, Auston Matthews.
Chayka and Matthews will meet in Arizona over the course of the next two weeks and if they're not able to get on the same page about the vision of the roster, and the head coach recruitment philosophy, Matthews could frankly ask out of his last two seasons as a Leaf.
Chris Johnston has already reported this summer Matthews is unsure if he'll return to the Leafs, and if he's not able to get on the same page as his new GM, expect to see the San Jose Sharks circling the waters.
The Sharks have a ton of trade assets, they're going to add roughly $40 million in salaries this summer alone, and they need to add a couple of vets up front, and a few more proven NHL defencemen on the back end. The Maple Leafs align perfectly as trade partners for a blockbuster deal leading into draft-day in Buffalo in June.
