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Toronto Maple Leafs 2019 Offseason: Where have they improved and where do the question marks remain?

As of mid-July, what has been accomplished?

In the process, the Leafs have also traded away a conditional first-round pick and a seven-round selection in the 2020 draft while receiving a third and a sixth in the 2020 draft in return. They also re-signed goalie Michael Hutchinson to a one-year, one-way deal worth $700,000. The team can easily bury that contract without a cap penalty, but there is an indication here that he will be battling incumbent Garret Sparks for the backup job.

Tyson Barrie of the Toronto Maple Leafs
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The defense has lost two of their top-four defensemen to end last season in Ron Hainsey and Nikita Zaitsev, plus the presumed loss of Jake Gardiner.