The Toronto Marlies made a Sunday afternoon deal mere hours after Martin Marincin was sent down by the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Marlies swapped 1996-born defenseman Stefan Leblanc to the Utica Comets (Vancouver Canucks affiliate) in exchange for 1996-born left winger Tanner MacMaster. Both players are on AHL contracts.
On the surface, this appears to be a good trade. The Marlies traded a left-handed defenseman — whom they have a surplus in — for a left winger of the same age. The Marlies lost two LWs over the past week; Carl Grundstrom went to LA in the Jake Muzzin trade, and Mason Marchment is out with a broken collarbone suffered on Friday night.