Toronto Maple Leafs 2024 Defensemen Trade Deadline Targets

William Borgen (Most Desirable)

Borgen seems to fly under the radar of many people, he isn't the household name of a Noah Hanifin or Jakob Chychrun and isn't speculated about like a Chris Tanev or Sean Walker and he probably should be.

He is a weird case where his ice-time is relatively low logging under 20 minutes a night.

Yet, he tends to play mainly against opposing team's top competition and typically wins his minutes.

He also possesses good size at 6-3 and 204 lbs and uses it, logging nearly 500 hits in less than 200 career games.

He fits a need in many ways and has proven capable of playing second pair minutes.

This season is a little bit of a down year but he could prove to be a capable blueliner on the second pair and could be a candidate to form a shutdown pairing with McCabe or Brodie.

The only problem is at only 27 years old and with another season left on his contract with a $2.7 million AAV, I'm not sold that the Kraken are desperate to trade him.

If they will, I cannot imagine the price will be low but with his capfriendly deal and team fit, he seems like the ideal target for the Leafs.