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The Maple Leafs enter a home-and-home set looking to avoid the trap game (x2) against San Jose. Four points is the expectation against a Sharks team that is one of the worst NHL teams of the modern era and a loser of 10 consecutive games.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks get set to kick off a home-and-home series that will span across four days. It’s the perfect time for Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving to get a first-hand look at what the Sharks have to offer.
Sharks GM Mike Grier will be selling, there’s no doubt about that as the sale started a long time ago. Grier has moved out Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson throughout the last year and a half, as he looks to reset the organization for future success. San Jose has been dismal this season, posting a 9-27-3 record entering Saturday’s game, good for dead last in the entire NHL. Grier’s selling, Treliving’s buying, so here’s a few players to keep an eye on as these two teams could become trade partners ahead of the March 8th deadline:
Anthony Duclair
The Maple Leafs know Duclair well from his days with the Florida Panthers and in his first season in San Jose, the 28-year-old winger hasn’t necessarily blown the doors off. Seven goals and six assists for 13 points in 35 games, however it was just last season when Duclair posted 11 points in 20 Stanley Cup Playoff games and looked dominant at times. At $3 million against the cap and a pending free agent, the Laval, Quebec native is someone the Leafs could work under their cap.
Alexander Barabanov
The ex-Maple Leaf has dealt with some injuries this season and has only appeared in 17 of the Sharks 39 games, recording seven points. The bang-and-crash winger, like Duclair, is a pending free agent and someone Grier will be dangling on the rental market.
Mario Ferraro
Ranked second in the NHL with 108 shot blocks, Ferraro is a stay-at-home d-man who could land on Treliving’s watch these these next two months leading up to the deadline. The 25-year-old King City, ON native is signed through the 2025-26 season at $3.25 million, with no trade protection in site. Ferraro plays a very similar style to TJ Brodie and at roughly eight years younger and $1.75 million cheaper, he could be a great replacement option moving forward in Toronto as Brodie is a pending free agent.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies – #34 Auston Matthews – #16 Mitch Marner
#59 Tyler Bertuzzi – #91 John Tavares – #88 William Nylander
#29 Pontus Holmberg – #11 Max Domi – #19 Calle Jarnkrok
#74 Bobby McMann – #64 David Kampf – #18 Noah Gregor
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #78 TJ Brodie
#22 Jake McCabe – #2 Simon Benoit
#55 Mark Giordano – #37 Timothy Liljegren
Goaltenders
Starter: #31 Martin Jones
#41 Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Conor Timmins, William Lagesson, Nick Robertson
Injured: Joseph Woll, Ryan Reaves
San Jose Sharks Projected Lines
Forwards
#72 William Eklund – #48 Tomas Hertl – #94 Alexander Barabanov
#20 Fabian Zetterlund – #64 Mikael Granlund – #68 Mike Hoffman
#11 Luke Kunin – #39 Logan Couture – #10 Anthony Duclair
#90 Justin Bailey – #22 Ryan Carpenter – #18 Filip Zadina
Defensemen
#38 Mario Ferraro – #6 Ty Emberson
#3 Henry Thrun – #84 Jan Rutta
#33 Calen Addison – #44 Marc-Eduoard Vlasic
Goaltenders
Starter: #29 MacKenzie Blackwood
#36 Kaapo Kahkonen
Injured: Nico Sturm Matt Benning Oskar Lindblom Givani Smith Jacob MacDonald Kyle Burroughs
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