Petr Mrázek Trade Is a Big Win for the Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs had two clear needs heading into this off-season: 1) Clear cap space in order to improve the team 2) Fix their goaltending situation.

With their trade on day one of the draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs got much closer to reaching both of these goals.

Before making their selection at 25, Gary Bettman announced that the Leafs had sent Petr Mrázek and the 25th overall pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for the 38th overall pick. Here, they ended up selecting Kamloops Blazers player, Fraser Minten.

Before we really dissect this move, it’s clear that it’s a major win for the Leafs front office. They only moved down 13 spots in the draft and were able to clear up $3.8…