Analysis: Toronto Maple Leafs stand pat on deadline day as Kyle Dubas bets on response from existing group

Tyson Barrie of the Toronto Maple LeafsDeadline day came and went without a significant addition or subtraction by Kyle Dubas and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The team did snag a fifth-round draft pick out of Vegas to help facilitate the Robin Lehner deal, reacquired Calle Rosen in exchange for Michael Hutchinson, completed another minor-league swap of Jordan Schmaltz for Matt Lorito, lost Dmytro Timashov to waivers, and made the long-rumoured Jake Muzzin contract extension official. As Dubas pointed out in his media availability, in the end, he got his biggest piece of trade work done a few weeks in advance of the deadline with the acquisitions of Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford.

For some Leafs…