3 teams the maple leaves could trade for in a roster-for-roster deal – hockey writers – toronto maple leaves

The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves in a tough spot, do they go out and make a big splash with a trade, or do they try and be strong and tough what has been a bad season? Well, general manager Brad Triveival feels that before they do the job, they need to make sure the team is playing the right way. But then, Elliotte Friedman reported that the Maple Leafs want to make a trade plan to improve their system.

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What I thought was, will the maple leaves trade if they make a trading plan for it? I covered that in a previous article “Maple Leafts Players Are 3 Leafs That Can Be Moved in Roster-for-Roster Tradeact”. Then I wondered, who would have a few groups of maple leaves to sell? So, with ADO out of the way, let’s take a look at a few teams that could complete a revival trading plan.

Nashville Parnyama

First up, the Nashville Raiders. After making a big splash during the 2024 offseason, it didn’t work out for them. They had a bad time in their rookie season and will probably need to go out and do something to clear some cap space from their team. And the maple leaves could be a team they look to trade. There are a few names that appear in the deer list. Although not very confident, the coach of the maple leaf’ is coach Craig Berube, who played very well during his time with St. Louis Blues, where he won the Stanley Cup.

There is another Toronto forward in Michael Nniting, who played very well with Auston Matthews during his time with the club, who may be an option. As for the other big players named Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault, the maple leaves should be able to look at taking those contracts. Obviously, the Raiders are looking to rebuild, where they hope to turn things around and get back to being competitive. Sometimes, in order to do that, teams have to tear the ground up and start fresh. Barry Trotz will be given a tough job. Which will include who should trade.

St. Louis Blues

Next, what St. Louis Blues. They are in the same place as maple leaves; They are a very talented team but something just doesn’t click as it should. Because of this, it wouldn’t be surprising to see them trade in the 2026 NHL Trade Deal. If that were to be the case, Toronto should ask and see what they have to offer that can help them turn around this season. They are an old team, but their veterans will be a good fit for a maple leafts team that looks outside of the genre.

A few names come from Schenn in Brayden, who is a complete battler and can help strengthen things down the middle of the team. There’s also Pius Suter, who isn’t expected to deal considering he just signed with the Blues last offseason. But he would bring a ton of scoring depth to a Maple Leafs team that struggled in that division. On defense, the most obvious choice is Colton Parayko. If he were ever found, there would at least be a few interested parties. Compliance may require creativity, but if he can get Brandon Carlo in this deal, he won’t make the Fraser Mintinten trade look that bad. Parayko can be the closest thing to what the maple leaves need in their blue line.

Vancouver canucks

Originally, I was going to have the Calgary Flames in this area of ​​Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersson. But last night this report came out that the vanouver canucks were listening to the offers to their veterans and without a doubt they had to be changed. The Canucks have a lot of veterans who could be interested in the maple leaves. As my partner Jesse Courville-Lynch wrote about in his recent piece, Kiefer Sherwood, Jake Debrusk and Conor Garland are three of Toronto’s best options.

But there is so much more. Lukas Reichel, although not a veteran, has been a perfect kretket for them. He is a center who could not fit well inside the top six. And Drew O’Connor, who is a player that I heard he should have gotten from the Pittsburgh Penguins. He will fit well with Nicolas Roy on the third line. In the blue line, there are tyler myers who are shot right that could be interested, but also Phillip Hroneok, which is also part of the trade that includes the trade of Realgan Rielly, if he agreed to waive his departure clause. The Canucks have plenty of options, especially for a team looking to execute a trade plan in style.