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Toronto Maple Leafs: Top 4 Assets Most Likely to be Traded

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 17: Alex Kerfoot #15 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his eventual game-winning goal against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena on February 17, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Senators 2-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 17: Alex Kerfoot #15 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his eventual game-winning goal against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena on February 17, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Senators 2-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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VANCOUVER, BC – MARCH 04: Pierre Engvall #47 of the Toronto Maple Leafs . (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images) /

No. 4: Pierre Engvall ($1.25M)

Engvall’s recent play on the M-E-H line could be the best thing that happened to the Leafs, so it’s time to sell high on him.

65 career games that he’s played with the Leafs Engvall has been decent defensively, but useless offensively. Besides a stretch where he scored six goals in nine games, he’s barely seen the scoresheet.

In fact, he had multiple long stretches where he’s been nonexistent. During the 2019-20 campaign he had multiple droughts that lasted 18, 11 and seven games without a goal. Even though his contract is low, that’s completely unacceptable.

At 6-foot-5, his length and size is something that’s always nice to have. As Mike Babcock always said with Freddie Gauthier, “Every time I looked at him today he was six-foot-five, so I liked that.” (via: sportsnet.ca)

Unfortunately Gauthier didn’t turn into the player that the Leafs hoped he would and the same thing is happening to Engvall.

You’re not going to get a great package in return for him straight up, but paired with another piece, Engvall could be a player that a team finds appealing. He’s a solid piece but at his price-tag, he seems like he’d be one of the first players to leave.

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