NHL to keep eye on Ducks-Leafs moves

[Alex Tran]

The NHL will keep an eye on potential player transactions between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks this season because of the possibility of Ducks general manager Brian Burke becoming the Leafs' next GM.

But the league hasn't issued an edict that a trade can't occur between the clubs. In fact, current Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher confirmed that he had interest in Anaheim's 21-year-old rookie, Bobby Ryan.

"I haven't talked with Burkie, but I have talked with [senior vice-president of hockey operations] Bob Murray," Fletcher said. "We knew they were looking to dump either [Ryan or Mathieu Schneider] because they were over the salary cap."

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[CarltonTheBear]

[goldenleafs]

I totally agree with carltonthebear!

[Green_Eagle]

The NHL will keep an eye on "every teams" potential player transactions to ensure its on the up and up.

If Cliff was a snake (which he isn't) shouldn't the NHL be more worried about trades with Pittsburgh? Trading with a Family Member sounds more questionable to me then a possible future GM for the Leafs.