As Sportsnet senior writer Chris Johnston wound down his media commitments for the summer – he’s on vacation now hopefully – he provided some interesting insight in the scuttled trade between the Calgary Flames and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Here’s what we know, thanks to Johnston’s appearances on the Steve Dangle Podcast [SDP] and a hit with Pat Steinberg on Sportsnet 960 The Fan [SN960].
Nazem Kadri was coming to Calgary
The Leafs had been trying to convert one of their surplus forwards into a defenseman that could play the right side.