As per Sportsnet’s Ryan Leslie, the Toronto Maple Leafs are acquiring Seattle Kraken captain Mark Giordano.
Elliotte Friedman has seemed to confirm the move:
Giordano, 38, is in the last year of a contract with a cap hit of $6.75M. Famously, Giordano bloomed late, playing in Russia before returning to the NHL’s Calgary Flames and establishing himself as a premiere defenceman. Giordano won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the league’s best defenceman at age 35, and formed a strong pairing with his once and future teammate T.J. Brodie in Calgary.