Maple Leafs can add players for free with this one neat trick

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWith the NHL Trade Deadline days away, the urge to start panic shopping grips the fandom, and every player mentioned from every team is one Leafs fans are sure they need. Aside from petty concerns like cap space, adding players has other costs like picks and prospects. When those additions are depth insurance players, it’s frustrating when you consider the potential lost for very little gain.

I’m still obsessed enough over the foolish trade for Brian Boyle that I can tell you exactly where they player taken with the pick that got him is — Anaheim, getting some NHL minutes now that he’s been traded away from the deep Lightning. The…