Leafs’ Failed Trade at Deadline Exposed and It Would Have Been Difference-Maker in the Playoffs!

Flyers reportedly rejected trade for Ristolainen from Maple Leafs

The Philadelphia Flyers were very active around last season’s trade deadline. They traded long-time veteran Scott Laughton, parted ways with Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost months before the deadline, flipped Andrei Kuzmenko to get maximum value, and then did Erik Johnson a favor and sent him back home to Colorado. According to one recent report, though, they could have done even more and traded defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen to the Maple Leafs for…

Leafs’ failed trade at deadline exposed and it would have been difference-maker in the playoffs!

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving did what he could at the trade deadline to push his team further into the postseason, but it wasn’t enough. Despite adding depth forward Scott Laughton and defenseman Brandon Carlo, the Leafs were once again ousted before the Eastern conference final. While Carlo looked like a great pick up at the deadline, he did not record a point in the postseason and ended up with a -4 rating in 13 games. An…