NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Buffalo Sabres

William NylanderMaple Leafs mailbag

Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: (mailbag) If choosing between keeping Kasperi Kapanen or William Nylander, would keep Kapanen. Nylander is a better playmaker and the potential option to be a center is an intriguing thought though. Nylander’s contract could be an issue but there are also other salaries that they could move to create cap space.

If Nylander can become a center, you can add Nazem Kadri to Patrick Marleau and Nikita Zaitsev as players the Maple Leafs could move to create cap space.

Believe that GM Kyle Dubas will be looking for a young right-handed defenseman. Alex Pietrangelo carries a $6.5 million salary cap hit which might be too much of the…