Sportsnet’s Kevin Bieksa told the story of the time Nick Foligno and John Gibson were getting into it on the ice, Bieksa wanted to fight, and there was a miscommunication that led to Bieksa picking up a minor penalty.
On the TSN TradeCentre broadcast, Bob McKenzie provided the latest on the Frederik Andersen situation and whether the Leafs goaltender will remain on LTIR for the remainder of the regular season.
Were he to come back into the lineup before the end of the regular season, it might become difficult if not impossible for the Leafs to fit him in.
We can’t say 100% that he won’t play another regular season game, but you also have it look at it practically.
The reality is that maybe Freddy won’t play the balance of the regular season.
I would be surprised, given the Leafs have some cap space in LTI, if the Leafs didn’t make use of it.
Elliotte Friedman reported on Sportsnet 590 this morning, “The Leafs want to reach 3 p.m.
Paid $2.137 million this season, Oleksiak would give the Leafs some top-four cover in case of injury as well (more than just a depth add)
On the cap front, the Leafs have between $2-2.5 million to work with assuming Frederik Andersen is unlikely to return until playoff time (with just a month left in the regular season and Andersen still yet to skate, factoring in David Rittich add, the tea leaves certainly read that way)
As of yesterday, I heard Dallas was still undecided on whether to move Oleksiak or not, so that's a situation to watch
Gustafsson is a totally different player than Oleksiak — more of a sheltered bottom-pairing puck-moving option who has played a prominent role on the Flyers power play this season
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