Top 3 Left-Wingers Toronto Maple Leafs Should Trade For

No. 3: Nick Foligno

Foligno’s name is one that continues to come up in trade rumors with the Toronto Maple Leafs and it makes sense why.

His $5.5M cap-hit is a little expensive, but if they can make the money work, he’d be a perfect fit. Not only has he shown that he can score, but he brings a wealth of experience and leadership that is so important in the playoffs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs currently have a great leadership group, but you can never have too many. Foligno has 51 playoff games of experience, but he’s yet to go too far in the playoffs. At 33-years-old, who knows how many chances he’ll have to go on a Stanley Cup run, so getting added to Toronto’s lineup would have to be a huge motivator for him.

Foligno plays with an edge and is the type of player you want to go to war with. As the current captain of a team coached by John Tortorella, work ethic isn’t an issue for him, so that asset would be a great fit in the top-six.

Paired with Tavares and Nylander, Foligno could act as the Zach Hyman type on that line. Foligno wouldn’t be relayed upon as much to score, but instead be someone who retrieve pucks and drives the line, helping Tavares and Nylander put the puck in the net.