Toronto Maple Leafs Interest In Vladislav Gavrikov Makes Intentions Clear

The Toronto Maple Leafs, according to Elliotte Friedman, are trying to trade for Vladislav Gavrikov.

The Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman is 27, and is a hybrid top pairing player in the style of Jake Muzzin, who is unlikely to ever play for the Toronto Maple Leafs again.

This is interesting news because we can extrapolate a lot of information about the Leafs intentions here.

Gavrikov is a left side defender, and he so are Rasmus Sandin, Mark Giordano and Morgan Rielly.

The Leafs obviously want a player with snarl, but have no interest in the types of one-dimensional Radko Gudas, Ben Chiarot types that dominate typically dominate these conversations.

Toronto Maple Leafs and Vladislav Gavrikov

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