On Tuesday morning, the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs connected for a massive 10-piece trade centered on polarizing defenceman Dion Phaneuf. It was an embarrassingly lopsided victory for the Maple Leafs.
The full details were tweeted by James Mirtle of The Globe & Mail:
The full Phaneuf trade. A lot of salary dumps there. pic.twitter.com/H0av7koJA6
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) February 9, 2016
That Toronto was willing to trade a player signed until 2021 to a division rival should have set off klaxons on the bridge of the good ship Senator; that they were willing to do it without demanding a first-round pick or tent-pole prospect in exchange was even more alarming.