Are the Toronto Maple Leafs really serious about trading Matthew Knies? It can take three pieces
Sportsnet 590 THE FAN: Nick Kypreos on the Real Kyper & Bourne Show about the trade speculation surrounding Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies and how much it would cost the Maple Leafs to make a move to move him.
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Kypreos: “So the other names I’m hearing, Sammy, and one of them I’m talking about is Matthew Knies. That talk of selling him is not over, because Brad Treliving is gone, now John Chayka is in. He’s in.”
Justin Bourne: “It makes no sense.”
Kypreos: “Not for others. Like you.”
Sam McKee: “To others. To others.”
Bourne: “Hello, I’m here.”
Kypreos: “For some, it makes sense.”
McKee: “I’m his brother.”
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Bourne: “When you do this, you’re rebuilding. You’re getting smaller, aren’t you? Unless…”
Kypreos: “No, it’s not necessary.”
Bourne: “They will trade him for current players of his age…”
Kypreos: “Yes, yes.”
Bourne: “… that’s an improvement on Matthew Knies.”
Kyreos: “Well, it depends if you appreciate one by one, then you can argue that you can’t be better than Matthew Knies. But if you can turn Matthew Knies into three pieces.”
Bourne: “Well, I don’t want your place to live with my dollar.
Kypres: “I don’t think they are rooms.”
Bourne: “So, you think somebody’s going to say, “Yeah, we’re going to give you our top D for Matthew Knies?”
Kypreos: “Maybe, and the first round and the second player.”
Bourne: “I need to hear about this top pair of D’s, available.”
Are the New Jersey Devils allowed to make a move?
Kypreos: “Listen. I don’t know what, but that, that, that, that’s the kind of conversation they had.”
Bourne: “Now, listen, I’m fine with having conversations and seeing what teams want to do. Yeah, that’s your job as a GM to do that. But the fact that this guy’s name was out there as a way to improve this team, it was shocking. Like me, he’s between the two types that the Leafs seem to have right now. And he’s going to be, 35 points.”
Kypreos: “Here, here, here is what analytics or AI can tell them. That if you have assets like Matthew Knies, and others have assets like Matthew Knies, but one does not move or is not limited to movement, and the other guy is completely free, you have the best chance to drive the best bargain or the best prices for Knies that come out. You invite more than 20 teams to bid for him, and you will find someone who can pay a lot of money and that price the Leafs can get.
Bourne: “This is a Family Guy joke. No, it’s a mystery box boat. A mystery box can be anything, even a boat.”
Kypreos: “Your close opinion, for you, these three pieces will not be fair compared to him.”
Bourne: “I don’t think, anytime you trade a 24-year-old player, and that’s the best player in the deal, you’re never going to win the trade. I’m sure, there are exceptions to every rule.”
Kypreos: “How about a top player in return, pick this draft maybe 10, 11, 12, and the third round.”
Bourne: “Okay. Yeah, I’ve got your D top pair, so I can write…”
Kypreos: “They look like that.”
Bourne: “(Albert) Smits, (Carson) Carels, (Chase) Reid, (Keaton) Verhoeff. One of those.”
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McKee: “And what numbers did you say?”
Bourne: “Get out of here.”
Kypreos: “It would be, if they remove him in the next few days, it will be a return to the draft without
McKenna.”
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