Matt Dumba – Minnesota Wild
Matt Dumba plays a similar style to Jake Muzzin. He’s a great two-way player with a physical presence.
At 6’0, he’s a little smaller than 6’3 Muzzin, but he plays a big game.
Dumba is also right-handed, so he could back up Reilly on the top pairing or form a shutdown pairing with Brodie to move Holl to the third pairing.
Dumba currently makes $6 million AAV which is similar to Muzzin’s $5.625 million, and the Leafs should afford to resign him if Muzzin isn’t going to return.
He’s 28 years old and could be one of the younger rental players available.
Minnesota is sitting on the outside edge of the playoff picture so far in this young season, so his availability will depend a lot on the team’s performance.
Dumba has played in Minnesota for his entire 10-year career so far, so he may want to sign an extension before the deadline as well.