You can't bring him in.
Do you put him as a first pairing guy on this team? Absolutely not, he's not that guy anymore. He's a disaster in his own end, his skating has deterioranted.
The Gio Brodie defensive pairing was working really well last year.
If you put him on the second pairing with Russell, its a disaster in the making.
He's paid too high, you don't think Gio would be looking at that contract?
On top of that we got really solid leadership last year, I don't think putting Neon into that mix is a good idea. Plus Toronto won't give him away, the cost will be indredibly high like a 1st a top prospect and/or a young roster player.
I don't want to give any of that stuff up for him.
Edmonton should be in the mix, but Toronto doesn't need offensive help, and Yak is too big of a risk right now. Edmonton and Toronto look like terrible trade partners, they both need blueline and checking help and neither of them have it.
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