Trade deadline passes, PA Parenteau remains a Leaf

Ostensibly the safest lock to be traded at the deadline, perhaps outside of Roman Polak, remained a Leaf after the 3 p.m. deadline passed.

Back on July 1, the Leafs signed PA Parenteau to a buy-low one-year, $1.5 million contract. It was a low-risk bet on his career production and the likelihood of a bounce back season after a terrible year in Montreal. There happened to be some prime opportunity available on a Leafs team that just minutes earlier had a massive hole open up on right wing with the Phil Kessel trade.

It was a smart bet given Parenteau’s career numbers, strong possession track record, and the fact that he experienced some bad luck in 2014-15 in terms of his on-ice shooting…