Yesterday, the Leafs traded for Riley Nash, a Columbus forward who is currently injured, but expected to return to playing form in four to six weeks. His contract pays him $2.75 million this year, and he is an expiring UFA.
That was the easy part. The hard part is trying to figure out the salary cap implications of this move. Yesterday, it was revealed that the Leafs had placed Frederik Andersen on LTIR, retroactive (we assume) to when he last played. If that is the case, he must stay on LTIR until April 12.
Before they placed Andersen on LTIR the Leafs moved Martin Marincin back onto the NHL roster (he had been loaned to the AHL, but never physically went there), and recalled Michael Hutchinson from the Taxi Squad.