{"id":135843,"date":"2023-02-26T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135843"},"modified":"2023-02-25T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T18:24:40","slug":"nhl-rumours-toronto-maple-leafs-alexander-kerfoot-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/26\/nhl-rumours-toronto-maple-leafs-alexander-kerfoot-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Toronto Maple Leafs Forward on Trade Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday and this means we&#8217;ve got another edition of NHL trade rumours. We&#8217;re less than a week away from the NHL trade deadline coming on March 3. General managers are trying to optimize their lineups and stretch every dollar. One of those teams against the cap is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. Players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/01\/28\/toronto-maple-leafs-goalie-matt-murray-injury-update\/\" target=\"_self\">coming back into the lineup<\/a> and the Leafs have to make something happen. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours talks about a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kerfoal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Kerfoot<\/a> trade.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Alexander Kerfoot on Trade List<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff had Kerfoot as No. 17 on his trade board that came out on Thursday. Kerfoot is currently on the fourth line and he makes $3.5 million. Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas doesn&#8217;t really want to move anyone currently on the roster. However, there are some impending moves that need to be made.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So far, 12 players have been traded off our Trade Targets \ud83c\udfaf board &#8211; including three more on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s left? We\u2019ve got 47 of the Top 50 remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyFaceoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DailyFaceoff<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VR3IG7Zcqy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/VR3IG7Zcqy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1629116979717058561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Murray is close to coming back to the lineup and the Leafs have to move money to get Toronto under the cap. Dubas does have options like moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hollju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Holl<\/a>. However, the Leafs are trying to find a way to upgrade on defence. Moving a forward would be something that Dubas would be willing to do.<\/p>\n<h3>Will Alexander Kerfoot Trade Happen?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/engvapi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre Engvall<\/a> has been a fairly good depth option and he&#8217;s a cheaper option than Kerfoot. Engvall only makes $2.25 million for Toronto and moving Kerfoot would give Dubas a bit of flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>Adding Murray does help Toronto&#8217;s depth in net even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/samsoil01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilya Samsonov<\/a> has done fairly well in goal. The Leafs want to find a replacement defender as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/muzzija01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Muzzin<\/a> is out for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/11\/14\/jake-muzzin-long-term-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">the rest of the season<\/a>. Getting Kerfoot&#8217;s contract off the books would be a good way to help make some cap room for Toronto to make a move.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday and this means we&#8217;ve got another edition of NHL trade rumours. We&#8217;re less than a week away from the NHL trade deadline coming on March 3. General managers are trying to optimize their lineups and stretch every dollar. One of those teams against the cap is the Toronto Maple Leafs. 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