Toronto Maple Leafs given ridiculous asking price for Robert Thomas
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St. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas is someone who is on the Toronto Maple Leafs' radar, although the cost of doing business is astronomically high.
Robert Thomas is a $65 million center who the Toronto Maple Leafs have been linked to as of late, although it remains to be seen whether or not that is a connection that is actually going to happen.
The St. Louis Blues are going to be sellers at the trade deadline, and everyone knows it. This is not a contending team, and something has to change.
Thomas has been linked to the Maple Leafs, mostly because of the fact that he can give you a point-per-game over the course of an entire season.
He is a center, which means he is going to demand quite a bit at the trade deadline. One report suggested that he could be worth upwards of Matthew Knies.
Robert Thomas will cost a ton of assets
However, a new report from Nick Kypreos suggests that a Robert Thomas trade would cost even more than that, and the Leafs simply cannot do it.
Simply put, the Blues want three first-round picks, and they want all of those picks to be in the top-15. That means they would need to trade with a team that is guaranteed to be bad.
The price is astronomical, in the vicinity of something equivalent to three top-15 first-round picks. [Armstrong's] looking for cache in prospects and picks. I don’t know what team would do that
It is a heavy ask, and one that very few teams are going to want to actually go through with. One has to wonder what the Blues are even doing?
At the end of the day, the Maple Leafs are probably better off steering clear of Thomas. This just isn't going to work at all.
Only time will tell whether or not the Leafs can do something grandiose at the trade deadline. There is no doubt that the fans are clamoring for something to cheer for.
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