TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have added more grit and leadership ahead of the NHL trade deadline. The club acquired forward Nick Foligno from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday in a three-team . . .
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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno, right, controls the puck in front of Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Ryan McDonagh during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The Toronto Maple Leafs have added more grit and leadership ahead of the NHL trade deadline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Paul Vernon April 11, 2021 - 6:59 PM
TORONTO - Nick Foligno vividly recalls walking home from Maple Leaf Gardens with his family one memorable night in the spring of 1993.
His dad, Mike Foligno, was a winger on the team that upset the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs, and Toronto had just knocked off the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 to move onto the conference final.
TORONTO — Nick Foligno vividly recalls walking home from Maple Leaf Gardens with his family one memorable night in the spring of 1993.His dad, Mike Foligno, was a winger on the team that upset the . . .
Trade Deadline Roundtable: How did the Leafs do?
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The PPP braintrust has gathered from the four corners of the world to have opinions about the Leafs’ trade deadline activity. Let’s recap what that activity was.
The Leafs gave up their 2021 first-round pick, their 2021 fourth-round pick, and their 2022 fourth-round pick to get aging power forward Nick Foligno
from the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Jackets retained the maximum 50% of Foligno’s salary and Foligno was routed through San Jose, where they Sharks retained
another 50% of the salary remaining, so that the Leafs wound up with 25% of Foligno’s original cap cost. The Leafs also got AHL forward Stefan Noesen from the Sharks.
No cap crunch for Capitals, who land Mantha at deadline
By JOHN WAWROWApril 12, 2021 GMT
Flat cap or not, the Washington Capitals refused to stand by and watch their division foes improve their rosters without making a move at the NHL trade deadline Monday.
Not long after the Boston Bruins acquired 2018 NHL MVP Taylor Hall from Buffalo, the Capitals responded by mortgaging a valuable portion of their future to acquire forward Anthony Mantha from the Detroit Red Wings.
With the championship window beginning to close on the Alex Ovechkin-led roster, Washington went all-in on Mantha by trading wingers Jakub Vrana and Richard Panik, a 2021 first- and a 2022 second-round pick to Detroit. They have literally no room to maneuver now with $0 in salary cap room but felt it was worth the risk.