Where do the Maple Leafs’ real needs lie at the 2024 trade deadline?

Brad Treliving, Maple Leafs GMWith the NHL trade deadline just over a month away and player movement already underway – the Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan deals kicked off trade season — a lot of attention has turned to what exactly the Maple Leafs will do.

We have already looked at the question of whether the Leafs should buy or sell (the answer is to buy as long as they are a playoff team). Naturally, there is a lot of discussion about who the Leafs may and/or should consider targeting, but before we get to specific trade targets in our next piece, we need to sort through the current roster and identify the areas where the team should focus on improving.

With the Leafs already without a…