The Toronto Maple Leafs are still searching to find their identity 16 games into the 2025-26 season. Struggling to score goals, there might be an answer on the trade market, assuming the healthy scratch to one Jordan Kyrou of the St. Louis Blues leads to a move before the NHL trade deadline.
It’s been a bumpy start to the new campaign, and outside of the brilliance of William Nylander, there hasn’t been much pop in Toronto; it’s looked lifeless at times.
If things continue on this way, general manager Brad Treliving will need to do something to jolt his roster, and according to insider Jeff Marek, disgruntled Blues forward Jordan Kyrou would provide exactly what the Maple Leafs are missing: skill and speed.
Here was what he had to say during ‘The Sheet with Jeff Marek’ on Monday.
“There’s one team out there that could really use him and his speed, but considering who the coach is, there’s not a chance that’s gonna happen, and that’s Toronto. A team that looks so slow,” Marek said.
"There's one team that could really use [Kyrou] and his speed…"@JeffMarek, @wyshynski, and @TheFourthPeriod discuss Jordan Kyrou’s future in St. Louis and why the one team that needs him most will never trade for him
Kyrou was a healthy scratch last Thursday night in Buffalo, resulting in mass speculation about his future in St. Louis. He’s had a relatively slow start to 2025-26, tallying nine points (five goals, four assists) in 15 games while being a -7 rating in the process.
The 27-year-old still has another six more seasons left on his eight-year, $65 million extension signed with the Blues in 2022.
Is Jordan Kyrou a trade fit for the Toronto Maple Leafs?
Maple Leafs Might Not Have What It Takes to Land Kyrou
If Kyrou were to get traded out of St. Louis, the package in return would have to be sizeable.
With no first-round draft pick until 2028 and a lack of prospects outside of Easton Cowan, who they likely want to keep, the Blues are left with very little to be interested in.
That, along with Kyrou’s somewhat messy relationship with former Blues head coach, now Maple Leafs bench boss Craig Berube, makes it tough to envision something working out for Toronto.
The Maple Leafs could absolutely use a player with a skillset like Kyrou, but almost every other team in the NHL can realistically put together a stronger trade package, so Treliving and company will need to shift their focus elsewhere to improve the roster.
