{"id":90234,"date":"2025-08-23T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/90234\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:59:07","slug":"nhl-news-big-trade-between-leafs-and-penguins-wouldnt-be-viable-with-no-deal-involving-auston-matthews-and-sidney-crosbys-teammates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/90234\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Big trade between Leafs and Penguins wouldn\u2019t be viable with no deal involving Auston Matthews and Sidney Crosby\u2019s teammates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the middle of a rebuild, and the focus once again falls on Auston Matthews<\/a>, who is expecting the roster to be strengthened. Recently, a shocking rumor emerged involving a potential trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins for one of Sidney Crosby\u2019s teammates.<\/p>\n

While there are several possibilities in the offseason, Matthews knows he will be the one leading the Leafs\u2019 offensive power. At the same time, the Penguins<\/a> are also going through a rebuild after several seasons of missing the playoffs. The two situations could line up for a solid trade.<\/p>\n

The potential arrival of defenseman Erik Karlsson could represent a qualitative leap for Toronto on paper, but in practice, it seems like a complicated deal\u2014especially after the comments made by former Leafs player Jay Rosehill, who weighed in on a possible trade involving Crosby<\/a>\u2019s and Matthews\u2019 teammates.<\/p>\n

An unviable trade <\/p>\n

When asked about a potential swap between Karlsson and Morgan Rielly, Rosehill was categorical: \u201cI don\u2019t see anyone taking that deal,\u201d the former Toronto<\/a> player said in a conversation with Leafs Morning Take. At the same time, he clarified that he\u2019d make the trade \u201call day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" 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

\u201cMorgan Rielly is stuck, he makes $7.5 million, and he\u2019s no longer producing at the same level. To get the potential of Karlsson, who can run the power play, that\u2019s a huge deal. In practice, though, it looks more like a pipe dream,\u201d Rosehill added in a strong statement.<\/p>\n

Big money in discussion <\/p>\n

Proposing a trade under these conditions is not only ambitious but also extremely difficult to execute. A move of this magnitude would involve shifting more than $152 million in contracts, considering the long-term salaries of Karlsson and Rielly, along with their no-move clauses, which would complicate the deal even further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the middle of a rebuild, and the focus once again falls on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,2368,63,575,4785,32666,85,2370],"class_list":["post-90234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-auston-matthews","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90234","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=90234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}