The Top 4 Toronto Maple Leafs Goalie Trade Options

Linus Ullmark

Linus Ullmark has posted incredible numbers over the last two NHL seasons.

He won the Vezina Trophy last year, and it's only because he split the net with Jeremy Swayman that he wasn't at least nominated for it this year.

He's only 30 and appears to be one of the few goalies available who is an upper echelon starter.

Based on his statistics and success over the last two seasons, he would be the Leafs top priortiy if not for the completly unpredictable performance of goalies at the pro level.

Ullmark never had any success before he got to Boston, and so it's extremely risky to pay for him and then find out that it was Boston's system that made the goalies look so great.

The Leafs could just take the chance anyways, I wouldn't be against it, but every other goalie on this list has success playing on bad teams, and Ullmark doesn't.

I would still rank him as the Leafs top priority if I thought the cost to acquire him would be reasonable, but I don't.

I think Ullmark is the most expensive to acquire goalie, and that the Bruins might not even want to trade him to their biggest rivals.

Therefore, I rank Jusse Saros and Jordan Binnington as better options, but only slightly. If the cost to get Ullmark was in the range of what the Devils paid to get Markstrom, I'd move him into a tie with Saros as the best goalie the Leafs could target.