Maple Leafs Defenseman Could Be on the Move

Report: Maple Leafs Defenseman Could Be on the Move

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According to The Athletic’s James Mirtle, the Toronto Maple Leafs may decide to move on from one of their other defensive players in order to add offense at the back.

With the season creeping up on the Maple Leafs, they don’t have a lot of time to get an adequate deal done in order to bring in top-sis help, and it’s going to be even harder to find deals for their expendable forwards like David Kampf.

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Which is why they may need to deal from their excess according to Maple Leafs insider and The Athletic contributor James Mirtle.

In his recent article, Mirtle explained that the Leafs might be willing to deal from their group of defensive players in order to add more offense and bring in that true PP quarterback and transitional offensive player:

They’d like to somehow get another puck mover back there, which would mean moving one of the more defensive types out.

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For all that Toronto did to improve their defense as a whole and create a much more difficult group to play against, there still needs to be offense generated from the blueline and if Rielly isn’t going to come back to where he was previously, it’s going to facilitate a move.

We heard reports that Toronto would be willing to deal Carlo, and though they gave up Fraser Minten and a first for him, and he’s only been here a few months; when push comes to shove you have to do something.

If there’s two places the Maple Leafs can take from in order to get a deal done is their defense and goaltending, and the latter seems to be a bit more of a priority in terms of long-term outlook, so they can afford to trade someone without hurting their future when it comes to defense.

So maybe Toronto should consider trading a bit of defensive acumen for the chance to finally bring in someone who can be what Morgan Rielly was supposed to keep being.

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