Maple Leafs Make Some Big Trades and Look to Solidify Their Future!

Toronto Maple Leafs traded forwards Nikla Hagman,isn't in the playoff hunt and instead going to a team in
Matt Stajan, Jamal Mayer with defenseman Ian Whitethe rebuilding mode.
for the hard hitting Calgary Flames defensenman DionAll in all the Maple Leafs traded their offense for
Phaneuf and Keith Aulie along with forward Fredrikdefense. Keith Aulie also in the deal is a 6'6
Sjostrom. The center piece of the deal is defensemandefenseman who skates well who Burke thinks will be
Dion Phaneuf who is only 24 years of age whicha good NHL player when his time comes. He's playing
Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke will try to build his teamin the AHL as of now.
around. Burke wasn't done there as he then madeBoth teams bettered themselves with this block buster
another deal with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks sendingdeal. Calgary adds some offense to their line up and
goalie Vesa Toskala and forward Jason Blake forwill look to stop their struggles of late. They still hold an
Stanley Cup winning goalie Jean Sebastian Giguere.eight seed spot in the Western Conference, even
With trade rumors surrounding about Phaneuf thisthough they have been 1-6-3 in their last 10.
month I was surprised to see him go to a team that