#3. Trevor Daley
Trevor Daley may not have scored a goal this year, but he’s playing on the worst team in hockey so there’s a lot to be said there.
Similar to Spezza, bringing in Daley would mean the opportunity to have another Toronto kid play for the Leafs in front of his hometown friends and family.
The ability to do this is so valuable, because it brings a new life to a player that was in a tough situation before.
It was only a few years ago where Daley had a 56.5 Corsi Rating and was scoring double-digit goals with the Dallas Stars, so it’s plausible that he can turn back the clock and relive some previous success with Toronto.
At 36-years-old and coming off his worst season in his career, you’d have to think that you’d be able to get Daley for $2 million or less and hope that he’d be willing to take a home-town discount to be a bottom-pairing defenseman in Toronto.