The Toronto Maple Leafs, according to Elliotte Friedman, are trying to trade for Vladislav Gavrikov.
The Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman is 27, and is a hybrid top pairing player in the style of Jake Muzzin, who is unlikely to ever play for the Toronto Maple Leafs again.
This is interesting news because we can extrapolate a lot of information about the Leafs intentions here.
Gavrikov is a left side defender, and he so are Rasmus Sandin, Mark Giordano and Morgan Rielly.
The Leafs obviously want a player with snarl, but have no interest in the types of one-dimensional Radko Gudas, Ben Chiarot types that dominate typically dominate these conversations.