{"id":287466,"date":"2025-11-16T20:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/287466\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:46:17","slug":"maple-leafs-attempted-to-acquire-rasmus-andersson-brayden-schenn-last-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/287466\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs Attempted To Acquire Rasmus Andersson, Brayden Schenn Last Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto couldn\u2019t put together a deal that enticed Calgary enough to move Andersson, while the asking price for Schenn ended up richer than Toronto\u2019s other moves. Friedman added that he didn\u2019t believe Schenn, who has a modified-no-trade clause, would accept a trade to Toronto unless they also acquired brother Luke Schenn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead of the top names, the Maple Leafs landed defender Brandon Carlo<\/a> and center Scott Laughton<\/a> at the Trade Deadline. The moves cost the Maple Leafs two first-round picks and two top prospects, with Fraser Minten<\/a> headed to the Boston Bruins and Nikita Grebenkin<\/a> headed to the Philadelphia Flyers.<\/p>\n

The thought of paying even more for a pair of veterans was surely a reasonable deterrent, but it cost the Leafs a good bit of offensive oomph. Schenn finished last season with 50 points, marking the third season in the last four years that he\u2019s crossed the half-century mark. He also led the Blues with a career-high 194 hits, and posted a stout 52.3 faceoff percentage. His scoring has taken a massive hit on a struggling Blues squad this season \u2013 but Schenn is still on pace for\u00a025 points and 173 hits, serviceable numbers from a 34-year-old.<\/p>\n

Instead, Toronto landed Laughton, who has four points, 56 hits, and a 55.4 faceoff percentage in 22 games with the Maple Leafs. Health has proved a limitation for the 31-year-old. He is currently on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, and carries a day-to-day designation. He\u2019ll bring responsible two-way play back to the team\u2019s bottom-six when he returns \u2013 though lacks the offense to help turn the tides. Laughton\u2019s career-high came in 2022-23, when he scored 43 points in 78 games with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

While Schenn and Laughton \u2013 former teammates \u2013 bring similar gritty styles, the difference between Andersson and Carlo is staggering. Andersson has been a linchpin in the Flames\u2019 offense, routinely stepping up as the main driver of play from the blue-line. He scored 11 goals, tying a career-high, and 31 points in 81 games last season. Those marks were backed by a team-leading 196 blocked shots, and 36 hits. He continues to do much of the same this year, with seven points and 33 blocks in 20 games so far.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s far from the staunch, defensive style that Carlo brings to the table. The 29-year-old has five points, all assists, and 72 blocked shots across 38 games with Toronto. He\u2019s been a welcome addition to head coach Craig Berube<\/a>\u2019s hard-nosed, old-school style \u2013 and even intermittent earned top-pair minutes. But in a struggling Leafs offense, Carlo\u2019s setback style has failed to create any sparks from the blue-line.<\/p>\n

Toronto appeared to find a balance between value and costs with their deadline acquisitions \u2013 but it\u2019s not clear how that will affect their presence\u00a0in this year\u2019s trade market. Both Andersson and Schenn remain available, and Toronto remains in need. But they could struggle to offer much more than they did last year, especially without a first-round pick until 2028.<\/p>\n

With that standing in mind, Friedman emphasized that Toronto should remain patient, and wait for a true difference-maker to hit the market. The Trade Deadline is a little under four months away and the list of high-profile names on the block should only grow as teams sense their fates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto couldn\u2019t put together a deal that enticed Calgary enough to move Andersson, while the asking price for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[130319,49,48,448,36306,82,746],"class_list":["post-287466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-brayden-schenn","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-rasmus-andersson","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}