Toronto Maple Leafs Have a Likely Trade Partner In Seattle

TORONTO, ON - MARCH 8: Morgan Rielly #44 of the Toronto Maple Leafs braces for a hit from Colin Blackwell #43 of the Seattle Kraken during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on March 8, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Kraken 6-4. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

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TORONTO, ON – MARCH 8: Calle Jarnkrok #19 of the Seattle Kraken (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

No. 2: Calle Jarnkrok

Jarnkrok is probably the most intriguing forward on the Seattle Kraken that Toronto could realistically trade for.

As a pending UFA, who only makes $2M, Jarnkrok spent eight seasons with the Nashville Predators before joining the Seattle Kraken this year.

You may be unfamiliar with him, but the right-shooting forward can play either centre or wing and is also a great checking-forward. He also seems to score between 10-16 goals every single season, so he has a solid offensive side to him that helps depth scoring.

Although Toronto has a few players similar to Jarnkrok like Odrej Kase, Alex Kerfoot, Ilya Mikheyev and David Kampf, you can never have too many and for the price of Kerfoot, as previously mentioned you could added Jarnkrok and Johansson to the equation.

Jarnkrok is also a former client of Kyle Dubas during his agent days, so it wouldn’t be shocking if he took a swing at a player he’s very familiar with, similar to how he’s acquired Kyle Clifford twice and is always looking at former Soo Greyhounds players.

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