The Toronto Maple Leafs and John Tavares are rumoured to be involved in a blockbuster trade soon.
There have been many rumours surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs and the core 4 players and many thought that Mitch Marner may be the odd one out and traded in the off-season, but recent reports have point towards a different player.
Recent reports have suggested that instead of Marner being traded this year, it might be their captain John Tavares who gets traded in the off-season.
The Maple Leafs captain is coming up on his last year of his seven-year contract, and has revealed that he would love to continue playing for the Maple Leafs, but at the end of the day this is a business and somethings don't always go your way.
Jeff Marek reported on the Jeff Marek show that one source believes that Utah could be very interested in acquiring John Tavares.
I had a conversation with someone who wondered about a team like Utah and here's why, Utah has a lot of young players, Logan Cooley is an obvious one, Utah is most likely in the business for veteran players on short-term deals and the theory is that they could offer Tavares a pretty healthy number on a 2-yr contract as a why to entice him to waive a no-trade.
John Tavares is still producing at a pretty good rate in his older age, having scored 29 goals and 36 assists in 80 games for the Maple Leafs, but the Leafs are trying o stay competitive and want a shot at the cup and having over $40 million tied up between 4 players doesn't help.
At the end of the day more than likely one of the core 4 players are going to be traded. The Maple Leafs have a very interesting off-season ahead of them.
