3 Players Toronto Maple Leafs Should Trade at NHL Trade Deadline

Here are three players that the Toronto Maple Leafs must trade at the NHL Trade Deadline
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No. 3: Dennis Hildeby

For the first time in decades, the Leafs have one of the best goaltending systems in the NHL, as they currently have five players who can/have been NHL goalies.

As a result, it feels appropriate that you would cash one of those goaltender prospects in right now, as Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Out of Hildeby, Matt Murray and Artur Akhtyamov, I think that you'd probably get the biggest return from Hildeby because of his size.

The 23-year-old is 6-foot-7 and has already shown some promise in the NHL. As we all know, goaltender's don't typically find their stride at that level until their mid-to-late 20's, so it's quite possible that Hildeby turns into a legitimate number-one goalie in the next few years. However, if you're the Leafs, you also have 23-year-old Akhtyamov who you'd hope could be that goalie as well.

I pray that this isn't another Tuuka Rask, Justin Pogge situation where the Leafs trade the wrong goaltender, but if they were to move on from one, I feel like Hildeby is their best bet.

The Leafs need to do something ahead of this year's NHL Trade Deadline and can't stand still, so let's hope that at least one of these players are traded by the end of the week, or it'll feel like another wasted year.

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