Incredibly, we’re now less than a week away from the month of August. The dog days of summer are nearly upon us.

And, with that, the news cycle has essentially run dry across the NHL world as team/ general managers take some time to themselves.

We kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by discussing Happy Gilmore 2. We’re both going to check it out this weekend. After that, we also touched on the London hockey trial. In case you missed it, on Thursday, the five players (Carter Hart, Alex Fermenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube) were acquitted of all charges. Additionally, we dished on the passing of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.

After that, brought to you by GRETA BAR YYZ, we got to the fun stuff. On Thursday, we took to social media to ask our listeners/viewers for their best mock trade ideas. Naturally, on Friday, we dove into some of our very favourites. Afterall, the best part of being a fan of a team is playing armchair GM. We’ve all done it, right? Unsurprisingly, a good chunk of the proposed deals included similar players. From the Toronto end, some combination of Easton Cowan, Ben Danford, Calle Jarnkrok, and Nick Robertson were a part of virtually every submission. On the other side, there’s a lot of people who would like to acquire Nazem Kadri and Mason McTavish. Honestly, some of the offers weren’t half bad. There’s been worse put out there on certain post-game shows —that’s for sure.

Lastly, we each submitted a list of three names we would target on the trade market if we were the Leafs. Rosey went with Nazem Kadri, Vincent Trocheck, and Roope Hintz. Meantime, I went with Luke Evangelista, Blake Coleman, and Mason McTavish. At least there was a bit of variance in the names discussed. We don’t envy Brad Treliving’s job, that’s for sure.

We’ll be back on Monday at 11 AM ET for another summer edition of Leafs Morning Take.

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