The Toronto Maple Leafs almost made a horrible mistake.
According to Elliotte Friedman, and reported during the Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins game Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada, GM Brad Treliving almost acquired both Nikita Zadorov and Chris Tanev from the Flames.
The reason the deal didn’t get done, according to Friedman, is because the teams couldn’t agree on compensation for Calgary retaining half the almost eight million dollars the pair makes.
Like their record for the season, the Leafs got lucky again.
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Zadorov is a mistake-prone second pairing guy who is about as reliable as Jake McCabe, only he’s huge, which make him crazy-overrated.