The Maple Leafs are working on multiple deals and something could break any moment

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the process of working on several trades and it has the feeling like we could see one happen at any moment.

We've seen the Maple Leafs make some big changes already, as they sent out Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Emil Andrae and Samuel Ersson, then pulled off a stunning sign-and-trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning to bring in offensive blueliner Darren Raddysh.

But John Chayka and crew aren't done yet, as there are still some potential moves to make including trading away the likes of Morgan Rielly, Brandon Carlo and perhaps another goalie to loosen that logjam in the crease.

However, much like we saw with the Raddysh deal and certainly with the Woll trade - Toronto isn't shy about pulling the trigger at the quietest of times. With only a handful of days until the NHL Draft, if they want to add some more capital, then they only have limited time to do so.

Dreger says the Leafs are closing in on deals though nothing is finalized yet

Though it seems like the team is waiting until the perfect moment to strike.

According to Darren Dreger on social media, the Maple Leafs are working on several deals and while there is nothing imminent, it does have the ingredients to pop off at any minute without warning:

The Maple Leafs are definitely closing in on deals. Not necessarily related to Rielly, and nothing is done yet, but I'm told things are developing.

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David Pagnotta confirmed this as well, noting that Jake McCabe had some interest but is hard to move, and there's definitely feelers out there for Rielly and Carlo:

As @DarrenDreger reported last hour, Toronto has a few irons in the fire and are working the trade lines. Jake McCabe has generated interest, but he has a full NTC and at this hour has not been asked to waive it. Morgan Rielly & Brandon Carlo are among the Leafs Dmen out there.

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It's not surprising that both men are out in the ether as it's well documented that Rielly is looking for a new place to play, and Carlo's future has been in doubt pretty much since he came over in the Fraser Minten trade in 2024-25.

Teams like San Jose or Anaheim could use a player like Rielly to give them a veteran presence to help mentor the young guns, while also giving them a still good offensive weapon. He isn't able to quarterback a power-play, but he can certainly provide you some playmaking at the point.

With the draft two days away the next few days could reshape Toronto's roster

But with Friday's draft only two days away, and then only a week until free agency - it's going to be a hectic couple of weeks.

Toronto still has time to move up in the draft if they so choose, though their best course of action (getting Chicago's 4th overall pick) was traded away in the Bowen Byram blockbuster on Tuesday night. They can potentially see if San Jose would part with the 9th overall pick acquired from Ottawa and perhaps package Rielly and their later picks for a chance to move up.

It's looking more and more likely that the team we saw on the blueline last year is going to be a shell of its former self. We're looking at really only McCabe, Chris Tanev, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson as concrete members of last year's core.

Adding Raddysh certainly helps things, but there's going to be at least three or four new defenders coming in to replace Rielly and Carlo should they leave, and there's also replacements for Troy Stecher and Philippe Myers. Their goal is to get faster and more mobile, and given that the aforementioned McCabe/Tanev/OEL trio is older and a little slower - they need the help.

That isn't even touching potential deals for names like Matthew Knies, who has been popping up in every corner of the trade rumour mill. He could fetch a haul that transforms Toronto's current trajectory and their future hopes, or maybe there's another goalie trade to lighten the crease.

Whatever happens though, you can expect John Chayka to make his move when everyone least expects it.

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