On Saturday, we first got wind of a potential trade between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators that is centred around Nikita Zaitsev and Cody Ceci.
It may well be there is a sweetener going from TOR to OTT to facilitate Zaitsev for Ceci. It could be a player (Connor Brown?) or it could be a pick. But there will no doubt be some additional piece going from TOR to OTT.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 30, 2019
This trade is a really interesting one, for a variety of reasons. For one, it seemingly confirms that Zaitsev was seen as a net negative asset.