Elliotte Friedman Reveals Maple Leafs Expected to Add Another Player

Brad Treliving and the Maple Leafs have been busy recently by going on a bit of a spending spree, signing three free agents to shore up their prospect pool: Borya Valis, John Prokop and Luke Haymes.

All three have the potential to be solid stars if not impact players for the team in the future, and the fact that Treliving was able to bring all three aboard even given their cap and roster situation, it's a very savvy move.

Plus, given how thin the depth became at the trade deadline, it was a necessity.

So don't count them out just yet according to NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman, who brought up on his latest 32 Thoughts podcast that the Maple Leafs are not going to be finished adding, and you can expect a potential move to be made in the coming days:

So with there being still a bevy of free agents available, who could the Maple Leafs be targeting?

While the team lost out on big names like Jack Williams and Karsen Dorwart, not to mention guys like Gleb Veremyev and Caleb MacDonald being scooped up, there's still some very good names on the board.

Michigan's T.J. Hughes is arguably the top name left on the board and could add another big time center to a team scarce on depth down the middle. In 116 games for the Wolverines, he had 122 points (47G, 75A), 49 PIM, and was plus-22.

The Hamilton, ON native would be close to home signing in Toronto, and while he's got some room to grow at 185 pounds, Hughes definitely has the size to fit in with the team's current identity.

Jack Stockfish in an intriguing name, and he's got the chops for Treliving. At 6'4, 215 pounds, he's a beast in the middle and while his offense isn't as impactful as Hughes', he makes up for it in physicality and respectable defense and a fantastic bit of face-off wizardry.

Playing 68 games over two seasons with Holy Cross, the 23-year old has 52 points (24G, 28A) with 40 PIM and is plus-2. However previous to that Stockfish scored 113 points (44G, 69A) with 194 PIM split with Pembroke and Prince George of the CCHL and BCHL respectively.

Ryan Kirwan has been enjoying a breakout season for Arizona State, and could be an answer to Toronto's scoring woes on the wing and in the bottom of the lineup.

The 6'2 Kirwan has 39 points in 37 games this season (26G, 13A) but previous to that spent three seasons at Penn State, scoring 69 points in 100 games (34G, 35A) and is yet another big body for Treliving to bring on board, and might be an improvement over Nick Robertson.

He also played the hero for ASU, sending them to their first semi-final in school history, and much like players like Matthew Knies and Jacob Quillan, have that X-Factor when it comes to the clutch gene.

All three players would no doubt be a fantastic addition to Toronto's system, and depending on how the team wants to approach the future and free agency, they may be playing a bigger role in the near future.

They really can't go wrong with any of these collegiate standouts, the only problem is if they can convince them to come over with so many question marks about what's next.