It’s been a while since the Anaheim Ducks have made a major splash via trade or free agency.
Think about it: the Ducks last trade to acquire top-line talent was back in June 2014 when Ryan Kesler was brought down from Vancouver. There was the Sami Vatanen-for-Adam Henrique deal last season, though the magnitude of that trade falls a bit short of being considered a true game-changer; Henrique is a middle-six center.
There is an opportunity for the Ducks general manager Bob Murray to take a big swing though, and that opportunity is there because of an ongoing strife between the Toronto Maple Leafs and restricted free agent forward William Nylander.