NHL insider reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs are currently engaged in talks to bolster one area of need

Brad Treliving's off-season seemed to have focused solely on the back-end and goaltending with very little interest in upgrading his forward corps. Perhaps it was strategic based on the Leafs' hopes that Matthew Knies and Bobby McMann can take a step, as well as the potential of Fraser Minten and Easton Cowan making the team out of training camp.

Regardless of the initial reasoning, their bottom-6 leaves something to be desired and Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman believes there's a solution to that problem. In his recent "32 Thoughts" article, Friedman made a brief mention that the Maple Leafs are potentially brewing up a storm and considering left-wing options:

While Friedman doesn't elaborate or give much detail, the left-side does need a little bit of a boost as currently the Maple Leafs have Pontus Holmberg and Connor Dewar on the left-wings, according to Daily Face-Off's line combinations.

The Maple Leafs have a shade over $1.2 million remaining in projected cap space and still have to deal with the disgruntled Nicholas Robertson, who requested a trade earlier in the summer, despite being handed a qualifying offer. The wheels are seemingly in motion, so stay tuned for a potential late-summer move from Treliving and the Maple Leafs.

Source: Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman
32 Thoughts: A collection of late off-season notes

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