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Maple Leafs acquire Calvin Pickard for Tobias Lindberg, 6th-round pick

Pension Plan Puppets | October 6, 2017

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Late on Friday, as they are wont to do, the Leafs announced some news.

.@SportChek Player Alert: @MapleLeafs acquire Calvin Pickard from Vegas.

: https://t.co/eTEIUTIukT

#TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/FaF3gFcqeW— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 6, 2017

Pickard was put on waivers by Vegas earlier in the week, and went unclaimed. You may be wondering why the Leafs were willing to give up assets for Pickard (however weak), but not claim him for free. Presumably, they wanted to come out with 0 net contracts from the transaction.





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