Maple Leafs Blockbuster Trade Proposal Swaps Superstars With Rangers
With the free agent market nearly void of options two weeks into July, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers find themselves in a similar position on fixing the final needs in their rosters for the 2024-25 season.
The Rangers are still looking for a bonafide top-line right winger to deploy across Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. The Maple Leafs lack depth in their defense corps while having a surplus of forwards.
Coincidentally, both teams could be interested in moving a player that fits each other’s needs: right winger Mitch Marner of the Maple Leafs and right defenseman Jacob Trouba of the Rangers.
A Heavy Sports trade proposal would give New York the top-line forward they need in exchange for a defenseman that would slot nicely as a Leafs’ second-pair defenseman.
For this trade to happen, however, both players would need to accept the transaction. Marner has a full no-move clause baked into his contract. Meanwhile, Trouba has a 15-team no-trade list added to his contract, and he’d need to leave Toronto outside of it.
That said, both teams and players make for perfect salary and cap-space matches in the event of a trade. According to PuckPedia, a one-for-one trade would work for both franchises.
