Nikita Kucherov reportedly wants to join the Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs might just have one of the best hockey players land in their laps.

Over the weekend, Nikita Kucherov dropped the bombshell that he wants out of the Tampa Bay Lightning organization. The 33-year-old winger who just won the Hart Trophy months ago is a pending unrestricted free agent and due to the Lightning front office not communicating with him a whole lot about a new contract and general "disrespect", Kucherov wants a trade.

The Maple Leafs have already been considered a landing spot, as it was reported over the weekend that Kucherov would welcome getting sent to Toronto. But now we're getting futher confirmation that it isn't some far-off dream that one of the most…