Which Toronto Maple Leafs Players are Tradable and Which Are Untouchable?

The Expendables

Unfortunately, this cast of characters isn’t filled with as many stars as the 2010 action film The Expendables , but their value to the Toronto Maple Leafs is worthy of some discussion as to why they are possible trade pieces, or will just not be apart of the team moving forward.

• William Nylander
• Morgan Rielly
• Kasperi Kapanen
• Tyson Barrie
• Andreas Johnsson
• Alex Kerfoot
• Travis Dermott
• Cody Ceci
• Frederik Andersen
• Jack Campbell

Starting with what should be more obvious names, Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson have been apart of every Leafs fans fantasy trade package for their random saviour of a right-handed defensemen.

While I believe Kapanen made a pretty good case for himself this season to become a big part of the team, it’s hard to argue many other forward pieces to be as easily moveable than these two.

With the recent signing of KHL star Mikko Lehtonen, the future of a number of Leafs defensemen have been put into question.

Cody Ceci had a pretty eye-opening year in terms of how his career will be trending, and I can imagine the Leafs will be looking to spend their $4.5 million in other places. Similarly for Tyson Barrie, with a significant drop in points this season, and the likelihood of him asking for more money, the Leafs will probably not be re-signing Barrie.

As for Travis Dermott, I’m sure fans and management expected a larger jump in maturity to his game this season, especially with the amount of injuries on the defensive end opening multiple opportunities for him to excel.

Dermott showed some early signs in his career of potentially being a strong offensive defensemen, but as the crop of offensively minded players in this organization continues to grow, Kyle Dubas will likely have to flip the valuable players who aren’t seen as making as much of an immediate impact.

When William Nylander inked a six year deal last season, I originally had my doubts as to whether or not he would pan out to be the player Dubas measured him to be, and it’s safe to say that I was proved wrong this season.

Although he has performed at an elite level this season, I still do not consider him completely immovable. If the offensive consistency does not hold, there may be some exterior pressure to make a trade to clear salary.

Looking at one of the more controversial names on this list, Frederik Andersen has been pretty underpaid for the majority of his career, and when it comes time to re-sign him next season, the Maple Leafs are going to have to evaluate whether or not he is a goaltender you can take your team to the next level with.

That being said, Freddy has been phenomenal for majority of the time he’s spent here, especially with the defensive core he has played behind.

While I would love to see him stay because of how good he his, and also considering how hard it will be to attract an elite goaltender to Toronto, Andersen is not completely immovable.

Unfortunately, a good amount of the tradable players on the Toronto Maple Leafs still have a good amount of talent. This will make Kyle Dubas’ job even more difficult moving forward, as some pivotal decisions for the future of this team will have to be made soon enough.