The talented two-way center isn’t being shopped per say, but the Colorado Avalanche are listening to interested parties while they work on trying to get a deal done.
“So I look at it as if nothing has really changed there. They’re hoping to sign him. They may not be able to. I think the sense is they probably can’t, so they’re really listening hard, I guess, on him.
“And I do believe the Maple Leafs would be very interested.” (Elliotte Friedman – via Today’s Slapshot)
Toronto is weak down the middle, that’s a well known fact, and it’s likely that they won’t be getting Dylan Strome at the draft to be their potential number one center.