The NHL trade deadline for this season is April 12th, at 3:00 pm EDT specifically. That means it’s now only a week away. We know that the NHL worked out a deal with the Canadian government to cut the mandatory quarantine period from 14 days down to 7. So we may see the Leafs make a move today (if they didn’t already make one between me writing this on Monday and when it was actually published), but they may also wait as long as possible.
Why wait as long as possible? Because they’re a virtual lock to finish among the top of the division, and because they may be waiting to learn more about the health of their top two goalies in case they need to use their cap space and assets to trade for another one.