Possible Maple Leaf Firesale

Pierre Lebrun of ESPN.com states that the Maple Leafs plan for the future is to get as many draft picks as possible. While it is noted that the only player “all but guaranteed to get moved from Toronto is center Nik Antropov, an unrestricted free agent as of July 1. The question is whether Burke can fetch a first- or second-round pick for him.”

Other players who are mentioned in this article who could be on the go before the trade deadline include Matt Stajan, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Dominic Moore. Other layers who the Leafs would like to move but may find it hard to find any takers for are Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake.

Another player, Thomas Kaberle is available however it will take “a minimum of a first-round pick, a guy that can play on our team right now and a top prospect,”

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