Maple Leafs land John-Michael Liles in trade from Avalanche
The Leafs traded their second round draft pick for defenceman John-Michael Liles from the Colorodo Avalanche. You may remember that their was some talk about acguiring this player at the trade deadline this year but it never materialized. Obviously Liles has been on the radar for some time but I wonder, do we really need another high profile defenceman? It seems to me that we have a fairly strong defensive core, at least on paper. I realize that the loss of Kaberle leaves a bit of a whole but I have an idea, how about we fill that whole with Tomas Kaberle as he will be a free agent in a few days and likely will fetch not much more than Liles 4+ million. I personally think we should be exerting our efforts on finding a top line centre and another top six forward. But that is just my opinion.
"The pick was previously acquired by Toronto from the Boston Bruins as part of the Tomas Kaberle trade last February.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Liles is set to make US$4.55 million this season and could become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
He’s coming off a strong season where he registered six goals and a career-high 40 assists in 76 games.
The Indianapolis native, who has played his entire seven-year career in Colorado, led all Avalanche defencemen in scoring the past five seasons.
Liles has also played 36 playoff games in that span, notching four goals, seven assists for 11 points."
The Canadian Press
The Leafs traded their second round draft pick for defenceman John-Michael Liles from the Colorodo Avalanche. You may remember that their was some talk about acguiring this player at the trade deadline this year but it never materialized. Obviously Liles has been on the radar for some time but I wonder, do we really need another high profile defenceman? It seems to me that we have a fairly strong defensive core, at least on paper. I realize that the loss of Kaberle leaves a bit of a whole but I have an idea, how about we fill that whole with Tomas Kaberle as he will be a free agent in a few days and likely will fetch not much more than Liles 4+ million. I personally think we should be exerting our efforts on finding a top line centre and another top six forward. But that is just my opinion.
"The pick was previously acquired by Toronto from the Boston Bruins as part of the Tomas Kaberle trade last February.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Liles is set to make US$4.55 million this season and could become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
He’s coming off a strong season where he registered six goals and a career-high 40 assists in 76 games.
The Indianapolis native, who has played his entire seven-year career in Colorado, led all Avalanche defencemen in scoring the past five seasons.
Liles has also played 36 playoff games in that span, notching four goals, seven assists for 11 points."
The Canadian Press
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