The Maple Leafs stand to emerge from the expansion draft pretty much unscathed — it’s hard to find a team in the league better set up to minimize their loss — but they will still lose one of these three assets for nothing.
All three of the above-mentioned players experienced mixed seasons and it’s difficult to pinpoint where they fit in the plans of the Leafs brass moving forward; none of them has cracked the NHL full time, all three are waiver eligible, and the Leafs are flush with depth on the wings.