Moritz Seider
Seider is 23 years-old and has the talent to become one of the best defenseman in the NHL. Unfortunately, Detroit has hindered his development by giving him too much too early, and pairing him with terrible players such as Ben Chiarot.
One reason Seider might be available - though its doubtful that he is - could be his horrendous stats and the perception that he isn't becoming the player they thought he would be.
For the first three seasons of his career, Seider has had trouble getting his puck-possession numbers above 45% and this year they are cratering even worse.
Detroit constantly loses his minutes, and his expected goals rating has been bad every year and this year it's threatening to slide into the high 30s.
Sieder is in the unenviable position of being the top dawg on a brutal team and playing the type of soul-crushing minutes that are threatening to destroy his career. As such, he is the perfect change-of-scenery type of player.
The Toronto Maple Leafs could insulate him with Chris Tanev, and swap him out for Morgan Rielly when he struggles, but he'd have a much higher chance of hitting his insanely high potential on a better team.
You don't usually get these players without drafting them, and when you do, it's usually because you paid for a distressed asset and revived it. That should be the Leafs goal here.
He's signed for seven years for $8.5 million. Detroit might jump at an offer of Mitch Marner or William Nylander for Seider because it's not working for them and its not working for us at the moment either.