Rumour Per Pagnotta

Leafs are interested in so many defenceman they must just be throwing darts at the UFA list at this point.

Yeah, this just seems odd, as rumors go. If they're getting a rental forward, Kunin seems like a lesser add than Duclair or Barabanov

Massive overpay by the Leafs imo; hope - like 99.9% of rumours started by so called nhl insiders - it’s just garbage clickbait

Pagnotta and Serevalli are two guys who u take their reports with handfulls of salt

For what its worth, The Athletic put out an article today looking at Treliving's previous deadline tendencies. They came to the conclusion he was more inclined to target players with term than rentals. So not impossible he goes for a rental, but might look first for longer term solutions. I'm not claiming to know whether these Sharks players fit the bill, it was just something I found interesting.