LongtimeLeafsufferer
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Well, I don't think Debrincat is a solid prospect..He's a real wild card like Bracco. Schmaltz you would think has good possibility of being an NHLer....maybe in the Bozak mode.
The trade. If the Leafs loved Schmaltz it might be a fair deal. But one thing the Leaf don't need is another slight centre (Schmaltz) so if JVR is traded I don't think that is a fit for the Leafs for the Leafs. Kruger the Leafs don't need him...Matthews, Kadri, Gauthier for sure are Leafs centres next year, and if Bozak is around (and I think he is at the start of the season for sure) and maybe Nylander goes to centre. So again Kruger isn't a fit.
Ideal Leaf return for JVR...Kevin Bieska of eight years ago.