Immediately after the Toronto Maple Leafs dropped a 5-3 decision to the New York Rangers, general manager Kyle Dubas addressed one of the team’s perennial glaring needs — getting his team a quality backup goaltender with the season on the verge of slipping away.
Toronto traded forward Trevor Moore, along with Columbus’ 2020 second-round pick and a 2021 conditional third-round pick to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for goaltender Jack Campbell and forward Kyle Clifford.
Frederik Andersen hasn’t been close to his top form for large stretches of the season, then suffered an upper-body injury which cast doubt upon the Maple Leafs’ playoff bid.