Once a Kings Fan Too
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A more awful and more unlikely Muzzin trade than the usual ridiculous fantasy.
It never ceases to amaze me how so many Toronto fans are so abysmally ignorant about their own team that they don't know why Jake Muzzin asked for, and Kyle Dubas gave him, an absolute NTC when he signed his new contract with the Maple Leafs on February 24, 2020.
Just out of curiosity, how does this segment of the Maple Leafs fanbase think the mechanics of this transaction would unfold? Doesn’t it occur to anyone that before Dubas could make this offer to Blake, he’d have to go to Muzzin and ask him to waive his NTC? And who thinks Muzzin would prefer to return to Los Angeles instead of stay at home?
And no team is going to pay one second for him, let alone add significant other assets. Never mind the fact that Muzzin doesn’t fit the Kings without at least 40% retention, because our primary objectives this summer are a top-line forward and a true #1 LD, either of which would require maximum cap space.