Toronto Maple Leafs: Three Destinations to Trade Matt Murray

Winnipeg Jets

This is where things can get very creative for Treliving.

The Winnipeg Jets are in a retool and it has been speculated throughout the media that they are looking to find a trade partner for Connor Hellebuyck.

One of two things could happen here, the first is that the Toronto Maple Leafs could look at acquiring the Vezina candidate at which point part of the deal could be that Winnipeg takes Murray.

Winnipeg could also take Ilya Samsonov as the main piece in the deal and use him as their future number one goalie.  With their recent signing of Lauren Brossoit, having Murray and Samsonov could prove to be a bit of a conundrum, but with the organization going through a retool they could handle it for a year.

If the Maple Leafs did the deal, they could decide to just use Hellebuyck as a one-year rental until they hand over the team to Woll.

This also gives them time to decide if they want to commit to the current Jets star goalie long term.

The other option with Winnipeg is that they get a better package for Hellebuyck and at which point they will need a second goalie to go with Brossoit to get them through the year.  In this scenario, the Maple Leafs offload Murray to Winnipeg and go with the tandem of Samsonov and Woll for the year.

Either way, the Jets could be the best trading option for Toronto.