FTB: Corey Perry?

Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans, and those who love a good question mark in a headline.

So, the Leafs and Corey Perry?

That's the rumour of the day, and may I say, why?

Perry has his usefulness as a player, he's the shitheel some Leafs fans have been clamouring for and with Ryan Reaves injured he could be a useful bottom sixer.

He's been a 20ish point player the last few seasons - one freak 40 point season with the Lightning a couple years ago.

However, there is a mystery reason why he's available.

We don't know why but if you did something bad enough to be removed from -Chicago- it's gotta be bad.

So, there's the questions of do the Leafs need him? Bottom six forwards aren't a pressing need since they've been performing well and the Leafs haven't been pushed around as much since the Marchand / Liljegren incident and overall this team is pretty great. Improvements can always be made, and of course you want "playoff players" and Perry has plenty of recent Stanley Cup final experience.

Of course there's also that thing about kneeing John Tavares in the head. Combine that with the Chicago thing a lot of distractions and unwanted questions and speculations would follow the team around.

If I had to guess, I'd say it this talk is largely agent based because no one gets your name out there like the Maple Leafs.

I don't think it's a headache the Leafs need.

Eagle-eyed viewers tonight might notice a missing Stanley Cup in the trophy case at the Bell Centre. Apparently the Travis Scott concert on Tuesday has such strong bass three of them fell and one was damaged. Security told me that’s a first. pic.twitter.com/ZyqTrdTlXD
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