Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Jeff Marek Present on what the Toronto Maple Leafs might be considering heading into their break, goaltender Ilya Samsonov and pending free agent defenseman Simon Benoit.
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Marek: “What in regards to the Maple Leafs? They’re on a pause as effectively. Taking two video games from the Winnipeg Jets. I do know Jet’s followers could also be miffed about a few issues however then once more, I believe Maple Leafs followers would should be miffed in regards to the Tyler Bertuzzi non-goal with goalie interference of William Nylander.
However you’re Brad Treliving, what do you suppose now on the Maple Leafs break?
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Friedman: “Effectively, I nonetheless like, the one factor I believe they really feel is that they really feel that their group confirmed loads of guts like this this previous week or so. They received back-to-back wins over Winnipeg. You already know, the Wednesday recreation was was sort of a boring recreation and never simply because I used to be on tv as a part of the protection of it. It was, it was, it was simply not a extremely eventful recreation and there was loads of eventful stuff that occurred on Saturday they usually received.
You already know, I’ll say this. You already know if, if this continues with Samsonov, it’s a giant victory for the group. And it’s a giant victory for for Curtis Sanford and Hannu Tolvanen. Like that’s, like these two guys if this, if this continues with him, these two guys might need saved their season.
So, So I believe proper now they’re feeling a little bit higher about issues. I nonetheless suppose as , I despatched him a Pod at the moment, they’re attempting to determine what defenseman they will add. I believe they’re nonetheless considering. However the different factor I might be doing if I used to be Toronto is, I might be attempting to say like, what’s it going to, what’s it gonna take to re-sign Simon Benoit?
Like that’s a man, his match has been actually good on and off the ice. Like, , he’s scored the rating the empty netter, that you simply noticed the response when he scored and he’s performed rather well in that position. And it’s very clear, that the movies generally, just like the one now that each one the Leafs followers know the place like he doesn’t rating loads of objectives however I’m glad to go after guys for you.
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Like he’s been a, he’s been an excellent cultural match for them to. And that’s one factor I’d be taking a look at if I used to be Toronto, like, what’s it going to value to lock this man up for a couple of years?
