New GM Makes His First Trade as Sam Lafferty Sent to B.C

The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Sam Lafferty.

In preparation for the start of the 2023-24 NHL regular season, the Toronto Maple Leafs still had some unfinished business left to do, and that was to get themselves cap-compliant. In doing so, versatile forward Sam Lafferty became the first domino to fall.

On Sunday, the Leafs traded Lafferty to the Vancouver Canucks for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. In a corresponding move, the Canucks waived Jack Studnicka on Sunday to make room for the addition of Lafferty to their lineup.

Considering that many teams already knew the Leafs would be in action to move players to get themselves under the salary cap in the coming days, Leafs…