Maple Leafs should buy low and trade for Elias Pettersson

Detroit Red Wings v Vancouver Canucks | Derek Cain/GettyImagesThe Toronto Maple Leafs remain a team with some significant upside. They haven’t quite fallen into the decline phase that all contending teams eventually face.

That said, the Maple Leafs could be looking to find the next crop of players to prop up their window of contention. As such, looking around the league for value in overlooked places is a crucial component of that approach.

In particular, a thought comes to mind: What if the Maple Leafs could be a place where beleaguered Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson could thrive?

That’s the idea that insider Darren Dreger communicated during the January 13 edition of TSN’s…