No, it wasn’t the signing of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner, which everybody wants to hear at this point. Instead they made a trade.
The Leafs announced Thursday afternoon that they had acquired defenseman Jordan Schmaltz from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defenseman Andreas Borgman.
This obviously wasn’t a blockbuster by any means, but I’m very happy with the trade. So how about we go into detail on it?
Andreas Borgman
Borgman was signed to an entry level contract by the Maple Leafs at the end of the 2016-17 season after an impressive year with HV71 of the SHL that saw him put up 15 points in 45 games, good enough to win SHL rookie of the year.