The Toronto Maple Leafs are in quite the predicament.
On one hand, the Toronto Maple Leafs are clearly and irrefutably one of the best teams in the NHL right now.
They are one of the deepest teams, and they are among the teams with the most talent.
For most teams, it’s a no-brainer: You’re a competitor, you add at the deadline.
But this team might not need to do anything major: The defenseman they will scratch when fully healthy has seven points in his last eight games. In that situation, their “sixth” defenseman and the one they’d lose to make an upgrade, has played the most minutes so far this season, and the team is in second place overall.