{"id":82577,"date":"2025-08-20T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82577\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:01:06","slug":"nhl-news-former-leafs-player-reacted-boldly-on-possible-blockbuster-trade-involving-two-of-auston-matthews-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82577\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Former Leafs player reacted boldly on possible blockbuster trade involving two of Auston Matthews\u2019 teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs enter this offseason marked by a major transformation following the departure of one of their key offensive pieces, Mitch Marner, who was sent to the Vegas Golden Knights in a sign-and-trade. In recent days, rumors about a new teammate for <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/auston-matthews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Auston Matthews\">Auston Matthews<\/a> have started to surface.<\/p>\n<p>Although there haven\u2019t been major additions, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/toronto-maple-leafs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Toronto\">Toronto<\/a> reaffirmed its commitment to a key player in John Tavares, who signed a four-year extension with an average annual value of $4.38 million. At the same time, Matthew Knies will remain alongside Matthews to continue carrying high expectations.<\/p>\n<p>During the offseason, speculation has emerged about players who could leave Toronto, with Nick Robertson and Morgan Rielly pointed to as potential trade chips to bring in a high-impact player. In that sense, a possible trade to land Erik Karlsson in Toronto drew the attention of former Leaf Jay Rosehill.<\/p>\n<p> The former Leaf who commented on a trade for Karlsson <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take that all day. We\u2019re trying to get rid of Nick Robertson in general, where does he fit? Whose spot is he taking? I just don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be here, and Morgan Rielly has stalled,\u201d Rosehill said about the trade idea on Leafs Morning Take.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjU3NiIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMjQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/> Erik Karlsson #65 of Team Sweden skates during the second period against Team Canada in the 2025 NHL 4 Nations Face-Off at the Bell Centre on February 12, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Team Canada defeated Team Sweden 4-3 in overtime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get the upside of Erik Karlsson, and someone who can quarterback a PP and run the offense like Karlsson has done in the past, with all his accomplishments, he would be great, but I don\u2019t think anyone is really going to take that trade,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>  A possible deal for Karlsson <\/p>\n<p>Amid the debate about bringing in a big name to reinforce the roster led by Matthews, the idea of a trade involving Robertson and Rielly has gained traction. Karlsson is a defenseman who could strengthen the Leafs\u2019 blue line. However, there are no active negotiations at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Maple Leafs enter this offseason marked by a major transformation following the departure of one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,2368,63,575,85,2370],"class_list":["post-82577","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\/82577","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=82577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}