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Leafs Making Room For Something Big, Waiving Ryan Reaves Ahead of Trade Deadline
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The Maple Leafs made a shocking roster move on Thursday afternoon with Ryan Reaves in an effort to clear cap space ahead of Friday's trade deadline.
As the Leafsweigh the decision to trade their top prospects for a significant upgrade, they are also looking at ways to free up cap space.
With Friday's deadline looming, the Leafs placed Reaves on waivers on Thursday to free up approximately $1.15M in cap space. It certainly isn't enough to make a massive move on its own, but the move gives Brad Treliving more flexibility and could be setting up for a large-scale move.
Reaves has skated in just 35 games this season for the Leafs this season, collecting only 2 assists and one fight.
With the return of Calle Jarnkrok up front, Leafs head coach Craig Berube has like what he has seen from the newly formed fourth line of Jarnkrok, David Kampf and Steven Lorentz, leaving no room for Reaves, even against a tough, physical opponent like the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night.
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MARS 6 | 2854 ANSWERS Leafs Making Room For Something Big, Waiving Ryan Reaves Ahead of Trade Deadline Is Ryan Reaves' time with the Leafs officially over? | ||
| Yes | 2020 | 70.8 % |
| No, just a paper move | 834 | 29.2 % |
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