The Toronto Maple Leafs desperately need several upgrades on the blue line. They currently have Morgan Rielly playing well, but after that it’s a mess of players (roster per capfriendly.com) who just aren’t playing at an NHL level.
Up front, despite putting up some decent numbers, the Toronto Maple Leafs star forwards (other than William Nylander) just haven’t been able to get into any kind of sustained rhythm this season, and we’re almost into December.
General Manager Brad Treliving is working the phones, hoping to trade his team into the contender most of us thought we would see this year, especially after last season’s playoff breakthrough.