Leafs could really use Hanifin, brodie and gio love those guys but they are on the downhill. He'd be riellys partner on their top pairing. though maybe it is a non starter if he has the leafs on that 8 team no trade... seems like he doesn't want to play in canada but toronto is closer to home.
A deal around hanifin and nylander feels on trend for how the flames have handled the retool especially if the flames are moving on from backlund and have the cap space to overpay nylander. Wonder if something like Hanifin and Backlund for Nylander and Liljegren could happen. Might take a younger and cheaper forward than Backlund like dube though as leafs will need every penny to re sign mathews.
I know the leafs used to love liljegren and not sure if he is still considered super valuable but seems like he's never really realized that early potential.
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