The Toronto Maple Leafs have had an alrigh start to their 2024-25 NHL season. With a bad record of 4-4-0 they might not be getting results, but they've played better than that, and have beaten the likes of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning, while going toe-to-toe against a formidable New York Rangers team before falling in a close match.
More impressively, the Toronto Maple Leafs managed to hold the opposition to two non-empty net goals or less in each of their first six games of the season, until Tuesday’s outlier against the Columbus Blue Jackets. With such strong defensive play and elite goaltending for the most part, we are definitely beginning to witness a new brand of Leafs hockey this year like never before.
With the current success under new head coach Craig Berube, the Maple Leafs haven’t had to tinker too much with their regular lineup other than the odd move or two between games.
However, with the eventual return of more abled bodies from the IR pretty soon, together with the Maple Leafs current tight cap space crunch, they will likely have some tough decisions that they will need to make with their roster in the coming weeks. Like it or not, there will be some moving parts that need to be dealt with.
4 Toronto Maple Leafs players that could be traded sooner than expected
In doing so, the Leafs will likely be forced to make a trade or two to make sure all of the players end up being happy, along with keeping themselves cap-compliant at the same time.
As a result, we will take a look at four Maple Leafs players that could end up being traded sooner than expected due to such circumstances.