LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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First, no one should ever believe what a GM, player, agent, coach, says at a news conference. It's usually well planned for public consumption. No one "plays their hand" at a news conference.
Leafs like so many teams have cap issues. I just don't see many teams being able to dump cap and being able to improve their team on the ice. Might be some cap for cap trade, filling one weakness by trading a position of strength. Either way, the Leafs and most cap strapped teams are going to have to with their current group in all likelihood.