The Boston Bruins traded for Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway yesterday from Washington in a deal that mimics how the Leafs acquired O’Reilly. In their game last night, Boston beat Seattle 6-5 in regulation with six different goal-scorers. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay lost in overtime to Ilya Lyubushkin and Buffalo by the same scoreline, 6-5.
The Columbus Blue Jackets thought Vladislav Gavrikov was ear-marked for Boston and were shocked when this trade went down. The market opens back up for the $2.8m defender (and his $5.5m friend). The Leafs can do it, as long as the price has now dropped.