McKenzie on Leafs’ trade deadline plans (TSN1050) I think the Toronto Maple Leafs are actively searching. It doesn’t guarantee they will get a deal done, but there is certainly a will to get a right-shot D. This is nothing to do with Morgan Rielly being out of the lineup; well, maybe a little bit to do with it, but Rielly plays the left side. The short-term need is to fill Rielly’s role, but really, their longer-term need is when you look at the right side and you see Tyson Barrie over there and Cody Ceci over there and recognize that maybe Tyson Barrie is going to want more money and term than the Leafs are prepared to give him — it is to be determined on that front.
On Leafs Lunch on Friday, Bob McKenzie discussed the Leafs‘ search for right-handed defense help ahead of the trade deadline.
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