Leafs and Rangers have talked trade
The Maple Leafs have expressed previous interest in Del Zotto, but both Jake Gardiner and Cody Franson, the Toronto defensemen who’d been mentioned as potential parties of the other part, had dreadful games and do not excite the Rangeers as return in a potential trade.
http://nypost.com/2014/01/04/rangers-make-deal-for-tough-guy-carcillo/