Brendan Shanahan reveals if he still thinks the Core Four can win
Toronto Maple Leafs' President of Hockey Operations Brendan Shanahan revealed if he thinks the Core Four can still win together.
In today's end-of-season media availability, we learned many interesting things related to the Leafs' future. Brendan Shanahan, alongside Brad Treliving, the general manager, talked about their vision for the future of the organization after yet another disappointing first-round elimination.
When they got to the Core Four, Shanahan remained vague, and while they didn't said they would trade either Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander or John Tavares, we could read between the lines that they'll look into trading on of them (and it probably won't be any of the players who signed a contract extension recently).
He offers up a word salad, ending in "We have to assess all of those things."
Never used the word "Yes."
Short answer: No, he does not.
That leaves Mitch Marner and John Tavares possibly involved in trade talks. However, it won't be an easy task. They both have no-trade clauses and still earn big salaries.
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