Toronto Maple Leafs 2024 Defensemen Trade Deadline Targets
By Gordon Munro
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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.
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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.