5 NHL Stars Who May Get Traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs

Tyler Myers

Tyler Myers is not a star, and he’s barely even a replacement player at this point, but he is big so teams keep thinking he is a good.

Standing 6-feet, 8-inches tall, he would immediately become the tallest player to ever play for the Blue and White. Myers weighs in at 229-pounds.

Myers is making big money, which could prove difficult for the Maple Leafs to absorb into their salary cap.

He is earning $6M this season, which is about a $5 million overpayment. Jim Benning signed Myers to a five-year $30M contract with the Vancouver Canucks that expires at the end of this season.

There is a reason he isn’t currently an NHL GM.

While the 33-year-old from Houston, Texas has a large AAV, he is extremely big, and he is sort-of a name-brand, so he does seem like someone Brad Treliving might be interested in.

Myers has proven that he’s a big hitter that makes his presence known on the ice. He has not finished a season with positive puck-possession stats since 2017-18. In a 16 year career, he’s finished with a positive expected goals rating just twice, the last time being in 2016-17.

Where fans would cringe watching Myers play is seeing how prone the big man is to giveaways. This past season, he gave the puck away 48 times. In comparison, he had just 25 takeaways.