{"id":713442,"date":"2026-06-04T01:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713442\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:01:12","slug":"maple-leafs-interested-in-vincent-trocheck-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713442\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs Interested In Vincent Trocheck \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the news<\/a> that center Max Domi<\/a> would be out indefinitely after offseason surgery, the Toronto Maple Leafs have already begun perusing the trade market for a second-line center. According to Mollie Walker of the New York Post<\/a>, the Maple Leafs have reached out to the New York Rangers to gauge the price for Vincent Trocheck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a peculiar idea for a few reasons. Toronto finished 28th in the league after a disastrous 2025-26 season, and many believed they would undergo a brief retool instead of simply running the team back with outside additions. Secondly, of all the needs that the Maple Leafs have, center isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n

Although the Maple Leafs finished the year with Domi as their second-line center, that was only because captain Auston Matthews<\/a> underwent surgery to repair a torn MCL. Considering a 12-week recovery timeline in March, it\u2019s certain that Matthews will begin the 2026-27 season on schedule. Additionally, once Matthews does return, veteran John Tavares<\/a> is expected to resume his role as Toronto\u2019s second-line center.<\/p>\n

Still, there\u2019s no question why the Maple Leafs, or any other team for that matter, would be interested in Trocheck. He\u2019s locked in for three more years at an affordable $5.625MM salary and is coming off another productive season in which he scored 16 goals and 53 points in 67 games with a 56.9% faceoff percentage.<\/p>\n

Regardless, despite making Trocheck available at the trade deadline and planning to do so again this summer, General Manager Chris Drury<\/a> remains firm in his asking price. It\u2019s well known that New York wants a young NHL-caliber player, plus additional assets, for Trocheck.<\/p>\n

Ideally, among all the players on the Maple Leafs, the Rangers would likely target Matthew Knies<\/a> as a return package. At this point, that doesn\u2019t seem like something Toronto would entertain, nor should they.<\/p>\n

Theoretically, the Maple Leafs could package forward\u00a0Nicholas Robertson<\/a>, prospect defenseman Ben Danford<\/a>, and Colorado\u2019s conditional first-round pick in 2027, along with additional assets. However, even if New York were interested in such a trade, it would only provide short-term gains for Toronto and wouldn\u2019t position them as favorites for the Stanley Cup. This approach would involve further mortgaging of their future.<\/p>\n

If new General Manager John Chayka<\/a> is intent on getting the Maple Leafs back to postseason contention next season, their main targets should be on defense. Toronto had the most shots against of any team this year by a wide margin, and it\u2019s beyond clear that their defensive corps is not up to par.<\/p>\n

Given that Danford is widely considered NHL-ready, and assuming they want to be aggressive, Toronto should allow him to crack the opening night roster and package additional assets for another defenseman or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the news that center Max Domi would be out indefinitely after offseason surgery, the Toronto Maple Leafs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,751,448,82,746,23508],"class_list":["post-713442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-vincent-trocheck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713442","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=713442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}