{"id":556459,"date":"2026-04-20T02:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:03:22","slug":"why-maple-leafs-traded-fraser-minten-to-bruins-in-terrible-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556459\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Maple Leafs traded Fraser Minten to Bruins in terrible deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Maple Leafs traded Fraser Minten to Bruins in terrible deal<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Boston Bruins<\/a> will have a number of players making their playoff debuts on Sunday night in Buffalo.<\/p>\n

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One of them is Fraser Minten<\/a>, and the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> surely wish he wasn’t in a Boston uniform at all.<\/p>\n

They traded Minten before the 2025 trade deadline, and it has worked out miserably.<\/p>\n

Minten and a top-five protected 2026 first-round pick went to Boston in exchange for veteran defenseman Brandon Carlo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bruins clearly won the deal already.<\/p>\n

Why did the Maple Leafs trade Fraser Minten to the Bruins?<\/p>\n

The Leafs were trying to add an extra piece for their 2025 playoff push.<\/p>\n

And in a sense, Carlo did that, but it’s not going to work out long term.<\/p>\n

The Leafs were making a win-now move that didn’t last long enough, and Minten has blossomed in a hurry in Boston.<\/p>\n

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Fraser Minten stats<\/p>\n

Minten played in all 82 games this season with the Bruins, playing every single one as a 21 year old.<\/p>\n

He scored 17 goals and had 18 assists for 35 points.<\/p>\n

Minten averaged about 15.5 minutes of ice time per game. He also added serious physicality with 142 hits and 51 blocked shots.<\/p>\n

And now he’s in the playoffs, and the Maple Leafs aren’t. Not a bad deal for Minten.<\/p>\n

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