Wow.

#Leafs receive: Nick Foligno (at 25% of cap hit) and Stefan Noesen.#CBJ receive: TOR 2021 1st round pick, TOR 2022 4th round pick, retain 50% of Foligno’s cap hit/salary.#sjsharks receive: TOR 2021 4th round pick, retain 25% of Foligno’s cap hit/salary. https://t.co/dgYenpD62z

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 11, 2021

Not sure if I’ve seen one player get played by 3 teams at the same time. At least not an active player. But who gives a shit? Nick Foligno is a Maple Leaf and they have more cap space than they know what to do with if they unload Freddy and Alex Kerfoot for Malcolm Subban and Josh Manson.

TRADE: We’ve acquired forwards Nick Foligno and Stefan Noesen in a multi-team trade with Columbus and San Jose. #LeafsForever

Details » https://t.co/wzAiZ35LhO pic.twitter.com/zWriQpHEol

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) April 11, 2021

Now the conversation turns to giving up a 1st and 4th round draft pick for a left-winger with 16 pts on the season with Leaf psychos on Twitter. The Leafs are loaded with offensive talent but they’re still soft and need a tough top-six forward they can use on the PP and PK.
You need to be a nuclear scientist to figure out who gets what, but the Leafs got a lot better today and Foligno is the guy you want on your side in a playoff series after watching last year’s Leafs/CBJ embarrassment.
His dad wasn’t a terrible Maple Leaf either.

Welcome to Toronto, Nick.  You better win a cup and play well or Steve Simmons will make up a story about you hitting up street meat vendors before and after practice because you didn’t make his dreams come true.

Nick Foligno reminisces on the time when his dad Mike was Maple Leaf pic.twitter.com/XHGEfyep0g

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 12, 2021

Dean

PS: I have no Idea who Stefan Noesen is.
PPS: Dubas isn’t done. Expect them to add to their blue line in a big, bad way before the trade deadline closes this afternoon.