Chris Johnston

He wasn't away as long as well, guys.

You look at Joseph Wall, it was a month or more that he was totally away from the Leafs.

Allmark was at games.

He was at a game, actually, with a goalie coach from Europe that he's used in the past.

So, I mean, his absence isn't as long.

And so I think that as a result of that, there's probably less of a run-up to get him back into the net.

But it's been an unusual situation, really, right from the moment he left the Sens.

Yeah.

Right, but I think there's also still a little bit of a thought in the back of management's mind that if we trade this guy, he's going to pop somewhere else, that he's going to get back.

And that doesn't mean you don't make the trade, but I think it's in their minds at least.

Do we give him more runway to try to play a little better?

Like, you know, shine him up a little bit because, you know, exactly what Greg says is right right now.

I mean, this is probably as low as his value would ever have been as an NHL player.

Just because you've seen such a prolonged stretch for his production has been down.

You know, he still has all that money left on his deal.

You know, I do think that there's a bit of risk reward in there.

But when I look at some of the teams that have made trades for centers, I mean, the flip side of this conversation is we'll go and tell you about all the teams in the league that want a center and can't find one.

And, you know, sometimes you have to take a bit of a risk.

You know, it wasn't an obvious choice when the Capitals traded for Pierre-Luc Dubois a few years ago.

You know, he was similarly not in a great spot.