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3 Big-Name Players Toronto Maple Leafs Should Trade For

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO, ON - MAY 22: Tyler Toffoli #73 of the Montreal Canadiens battles for the puck against Jake Muzzin #8 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Two of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 22, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens 5-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MAY 22: Tyler Toffoli #73 of the Montreal Canadiens battles for the puck against Jake Muzzin #8 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Two of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 22, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens 5-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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MONTREAL, QC – NOVEMBER 20: Tyler Toffoli #73 of the Montreal Canadiens  . (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /

No. 3: Tyler Toffoli

Montreal and Toronto rarely make trades, but Montreal is such a tire-fire right now, that they may consider it.

After making it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Canadiens have been the worst team in the NHL. As a Toronto Maple Leafs fan it’s awesome to see, but it feels like the team sold their soul to the devil to make it to the Finals last year.

They have a ton of question-marks for next season and with new management, it feels like the team is about to start a rebuild. As a result, any asset they currently have should be traded to help speed up the rebuilding process.

One of those players who could be traded is Tyler Toffoli.

Toffoli is a (SCARBOROUGH!!!!!), ON native in his second of a four-year $4.25M AAV contract. He’s underperformed this year, but has four career 20-plus goal seasons and would be a good fit for the future in Toronto.

He’s traditionally a right-winger, but last season Toffoli scored 28 goals in 56 games playing a lot on the left-wing. If he could do that on his off-wing, paired beside Jesperi Kotkaniemi, imagine what he could do with either a combination of Auston Matthews/Mitch Marner or John Tavares/William Nylander?

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With two years at $4.25M, Toffoli’s contract is a manageable asset for the Leafs to afford, so he’d be a player that could really fit in Toronto.

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