During the 2022 trade deadline, there was plenty of chatter about a trade that the Leafs did not make with Chicago.
The reported deal would have seen Toronto send Petr Mrazek, Matthew Knies, and multiple first-round picks to the Windy City in exchange for Brandon Hagel and Marc-Andre Fleury. While it would have been a pretty solid move for the Leafs, Kyle Dubas ultimately decided against it due to all of the futures involved, especially given that the team wanted to keep Knies in the fold. It also led to some controversy as Dubas publically called out Chicago’s GM Kyle Davidson for leaking details of the trade that fell through.
In the end, Hagel went to the Lightning and Fleury was shipped to the Wild where both were decent enough but were unable to help bring their respective teams to the promised land. The Hagel ship has all but sailed as he remains under contract for another year at $1.5 million and should likely get an extension with Tampa Bay in 2023.
Fleury, on the other hand, is set to become a UFA after finishing a three-year contract that paid him $7 million a season and there are no clear signs that he would want to stay in Minnesota. And should he hit the open market, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reported on Monday that the Leafs could be a team that Fleury may be interested in joining.
Fleury in the end was willing to go to Toronto at the trade deadline in March and we know the Blackhawks and the Maple Leafs were cooking u …
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Author: Michael Mazzei / The Leafs Nation