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3 Toronto Maple Leafs Who Could Get Traded Before Regular Season

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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MONTREAL, QC – MAY 03: Adam Brooks #77 of the Toronto Maple Leafs  (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /

No. 1: Adam Brooks

It’s been five years since the Leafs took Adam Brooks 92nd overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft and although he’s only played 18 career NHL games since, I’d consider that selection a success thus far.

Brooks was a late-bloomer when he got drafted and that’s followed him throughout his professional career. At 25-years-old, Brooks is still a fringe NHLer, who has found it difficult to stay full-time with the Leafs.

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Toronto currently has six NHL centres that are all ahead of him in the depth chart, with many more making a case to leap him. He’s never going to compete with Auston Matthews or John Tavares’ spot, but Alex Kerfoot, David Kampf, Pierre Engvall and Jason Spezza are all ahead of him, as he compete for a job.

Within the system, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, Alex Steeves, Kirill Semyonov and Mikhail Abramov are all fighting for that similar position as Brooks, and all of them arguably have a higher ceiling them him.

Similar to what the team did with Carl Grundstrom, Trevor Moore and Mason Marchment, it may be time to trade away another piece of that 2018 Calder Cup winning Toronto Marlies team, to give Brooks a chance to succeed somewhere else.

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