With only Morgan Rielly and Jake Muzzin under contract, guaranteed to make the team, not requesting a trade, or starting the season on the injured reserve, the Toronto Maple Leafs probably need to acquire a defenseman.
Calle Rosen, Timothy Liljegren, Rasmus Sandin and Andreas Borgman are great to have in the system, and if Jake Gardiner was somehow re-signed, the Leafs would be in good shape.
But if there is no Jake Gardiner – and the assumption seems to be that there won’t be – then the Leafs need at least one upgrade on the blue line.