Needing more depth in goal and on the blueline due to injuries, GM Brad Treliving missed out on two low-risk moves that could have significantly helped the Leafs.

After head coach Craig Berube shared an unfortunate update on Anthony Stolarz’s recovery process, the Leafs had a golden opportunity to provide Joseph Woll with some experienced NHL insurance.

Leafs Missed Out on Veteran Goaltender

Woll returns from injury against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night after missing the last four games with a lower-body injury. The Leafs may believe they have sufficient depth in goal with his return, but it should not have stopped them from putting in a claim on 32-year-old Laurent Brossoit, given the uncertainty surrounding Stolarz.

Brossoit completed his conditioning stint and was placed on waivers yesterday to be re-assigned to the AHL, which is where the Hawks will send him now that he has cleared waivers.

The 140-game veteran carries a $3.3M cap hit, which the Leafs could easily fit under the cap if they moved Stolarz to LTIR. Claiming Brossoit would have allowed the Leafs to potentially run three goalies, easing the workload of all of them.

It certainly isn’t ideal to carry three goalies, but given the injury history to Woll and the fact that Hildeby looked to be fatiguing on Saturday night, it would have been an ideal situation to have another experienced body.

Bruins Claim 24-Year-Old Defenseman that the Leafs could have used

Treliving also had an opportunity to bring in a 24-year-old defenseman by the name of Vladislav Kolyachonok after he was placed on waivers by the Dallas Stars on Monday.

Although he is a left-shot, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound blueliner is very mobile and would have given Berube another option over Philippe Myers and Simon Benoit.

Unfortunately, Treliving was bested by the Boston Bruins, who successfully claimed the Belarus native from Dallas on Tuesday.

For a GM that is ‘involved in everything’, and wants to make changes, Treliving sure does like to avoid crossing things off of his ‘to do’ list. The jury is still out on Kolyachonok, but adding Brossoit should have been a no-brainer for the Leafs’ GM.

Previously on Toronto Hockey Daily