The Toronto Maple Leafs have a ton of depth, and some LTIR money, which means a big trade could be looming.
Over the past few seasons, we’ve seen a number of trades by the Toronto Maple Leafs, but we haven’t typically seen real roster players moved. What I mean by that is that it’s usually draft picks and prospects, instead of someone who’s playing regular minutes.
However, that should change this year.
The depth of the Leafs organization is crazy. Even without talking about Matthews Knies who could join the team for the playoffs, the Toronto Marlies are continuing to pump out prospect after prospect.
Whether it’s Pontus Holmberg, Nick Robertson, Mac Hollowell or Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, the team is continuing to fill their roster with players who many didn’t expect to be in the line-up. Injuries have a lot to do with it, but at the same time, some of the forwards have played themselves into a full-time roster spot, like Holmberg.
The list at forward continues as the likes of Joey Anderson, Alex Steeves or Nick Abruzzese could all crack the Leafs bottom-six over the next few months, which means the team should be able to shed some cap-space for forwards making too much money.
It’s no secret that the Leafs need another top-six winger or top-four defenseman, so in order to acquire someone like that, trading one of these four players could make a lot of sense.
As such, here are the three most likely Toronto Maple Leafs to get traded this year.