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The Toronto Maple Leafs Should Absolutely Not Trade for Rasmus Ristolainen

Toronto Maple Leafs - Rasmus Ristolainen of the Buffalo Sabres (Photo by Sara Schmidle/NHLI via Getty Images)

Over the years many have called for the Toronto Maple Leafs to look into acquiring the 25-year-old 6’4″ Right-Shot Defensemen, Rasmus Ristolainen.

The Toronto Maple Leafs should not be interested in Ristolainen. The idea of trading for him is only a good one if you look at his point totals, his height, and his TOI. But any sort of analytic evidence we have goes to show he is not a valuable NHL player.

Recently, there was a reported rumor from Eklund at Hockeybuzz.