{"id":133834,"date":"2025-09-10T22:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133834\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:39:08","slug":"nhl-news-auston-matthews-maple-leafs-reportedly-pursuing-best-available-talent-under-one-signing-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133834\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Auston Matthews’ Maple Leafs reportedly pursuing best available talent under one signing condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auston Matthews<\/a> and the Toronto Maple Leafs are exploring every available option in the NHL offseason. One particular name has been linked to the franchise in The Six. However, reports suggest the Buds have set a clear requirement in front of the free agent.<\/p>\n

Jack Roslovic expected to be signed to a new contract a long time ago. Frankly, after the production he put up in the 2024-25 NHL<\/a> season with the Carolina Hurricanes, no one saw this scenario playing out. Still, it\u2019s the reality. Roslovic remains unsigned in September and time is running finite for him to join a new club. With each passing day, the forward and his camp might have to be less ambitious in their demands, and begin settling for what\u2019s handed to them.<\/p>\n

On that note, one particular condition could be set by the Leafs<\/a>, if Roslovic wants to join Matthews and company in the most scrutinized NHL market. Needless to say, playing in Toronto isn\u2019t for the faint-of-heart, and the Buds are reportedly asking Roslovic to have faith in himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got your contenders that are sort of looking to see if Jack Roslovic is willing to bet on himself and take a short term, short money deal,\u201d Frank Seravalli said on the Insider Notebook. <\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Roslovic at Lenovo Center at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

In contention<\/p>\n

While the Maple Leafs have been linked to Roslovic all summer long, the lack of action on the franchise\u2019s part has cast doubts on the potential signing. The Vancouver Canucks have done their due diligence, as well. But reports stated the organization has decided to step aside, instead being left with no choice but to search within<\/a> for a center.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the teams that I\u2019d keep an eye on are the Toronto Maple Leafs,\u201d Seravalli added. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think that\u2019s an exhaustive or exclusive list, and I believe there\u2019s been some progress and traction recently on Roslovic\u2019s front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Get crafty<\/p>\n

While the Leafs could certainly use Roslovic, a report suggests Toronto actually envisions him playing alongside Matthews on the top line rather than deploying him as the second-line center. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, a guy like Jack Roslovic. I think Toronto was looking at him, but it was looking at him potentially as a winger on the number one line. I don\u2019t know that anybody sees Roslovic as the number two center,\u201d Elliotte Friedman commented, via Donnie and Dhali.<\/p>\n

SurveyWhat team should Roslovic sign for?<\/p>\n

What team should Roslovic sign for?<\/p>\n

Whether that\u2019s a role Roslovic wants for himself next season remains unclear. At some point, though, he may have to lay down his arms and accept what\u2019s on the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs are exploring every available option in the NHL offseason. One particular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,2368,63,575,85,2370],"class_list":["post-133834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-auston-matthews","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}