The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins have attracted the attention of a rival team, although at this time it is unclear which of these teams is currently being scouted by their opponent.

On Saturday night, the Maple Leafs were in Boston to take on the Bruins and none other than St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was spotted at that game. Armstrong is known for being one of the most fearless general managers in the entire National Hockey League, which he demonstrated beyond doubt this summer when he handed two successful offer sheets to the former NHL forward. Edmonton Oilers Dylan Holloway and former Oilers defenseman Phillip Broberg. .

As I mentioned, it’s unclear exactly which team Armstrong was focusing on tonight, but there are a number of possibilities, not the least of which is the fact that the Bruins and Maple Leafs currently find themselves at outside the playoff bubble at the start of the season. season. It seems too early for either team to do something drastic, but there have been trade rumors that could potentially fit here.

The Maple Leafs are of course linked to a potential trade involving defenseman Timothy Liljegren before the start of the regular season. Liljegren has only appeared in one NHL game so far this season, despite signing a new deal with the Maple Leafs earlier this summer, and one has to imagine he might prefer to play elsewhere given the little ice time he saw.

It could also be that Doug Armstrong will be there in his role as general manager of the Canadian team that will play in the Four Nations showdown in February, with Armstrong potentially evaluating some of the Canadian talent on the ice tonight. Armstrong could be looking to gauge how well the specific players he was looking to add to his squad for the Four Nations showdown are currently playing, especially as Canada will have some tough decisions to make regarding their roster for this tournament. .

I don’t expect Armstrong to reveal his reasons for being at the game tonight, so we’ll just have to speculate for now.