3 Toronto Maple Leafs Who Will Likely Be Traded Before Deadline

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Jack Campbell #36, Justin Holl #3, Pierre Engvall #47, Ondrej Kase #25, David Kampf #64 and Jake Muzzin #8 of the Toronto Maple Leafs look on before playing against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on November 10, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) /

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TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 18: Pierre Engvall #47 of the Toronto Maple Leafs The Maple Leafs defeated the Rangers 2-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

No. 2: Pierre Engvall

If Engvall was five inches shorter, he probably wouldn’t have had such a long leash in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.

However, the fact that he’s 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds makes him someone that you want to see succeed.

Engvall is essentially like Subway. It’s fine, it’s not that expensive and you’ll eat it if there’s nothing else available and you’re in a rush. However, you’re not looking forward to it and going there on your birthday like a steak house.

His $1.25M contract isn’t an issue, but it kind of is for the Leafs. For $750K, you may as well just put Joey Anderson on the fourth line. He’s a lot smaller, but he’s chippy, can skate and can provide the same type of value for Engvall but for almost half of the price.

In a fourth line role, especially on a cap-strapped team, you don’t want to pay anyone over $1M. As such, shedding Engvall’s contract would be ideal and it wouldn’t be that hard to trade him.

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