The Toronto Maple Leafs are in win-now mode this season, but their most recent trade has now set them up for a two-year window. I don’t know about you, but I think the Toronto Maple Leafs actually have a chance to win a playoff round this year.
Over the past two weeks, the team has acquired Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari, Sam Lafferty and Jake McCabe. Some of those moves are bigger than others, but all four players are going to be on the roster when Game 1 of the playoffs starts. You only have 18 skaters, so 22 percent of the roster will be different than we expected, just two weeks ago, which is a big deal.