Leafs complete first of many trades

     Less than 72 hours after the Toronto Maple Leafs declared a full blown fire sale; they made their first out of many moves to start the rebuild. The Nashville Predators re-acquired both Cody Franson & Mike Santorelli in return the Leafs get a 2015 first round draft pick, prospect Brendan Leipsic and veteran Olli Jokinen. Despite being a very late first round pick; it's just as good as two mid round 2nd round picks, which was the original asking price for Franson & Santorelli who must be looking forward to getting to a contender. 

    Jokinen is said not to be thrilled with the trade for obvious reasons; has two weeks to show playoff contenders he's worth one more chance. I personally would be stunned if the Winnipeg Jets don't take a chance on him, he seemed to fit very well with them before signing with Nashville. The asking price would be very minimal, maybe a 5th or 6th rounder or depth forward Patrice Cormier.

    Leipsic was the leading scorer two years in the WHL with the Portland Winter Hawks. Some experts call him the most annoying prospect in all of hockey.

Just the start of things to come

    This should be the first of many moves to come; one would assume if any offer was made on David Booth, Stephane Robidas, David Clarkson or Jokinen the Leafs would pounce immediately. Daniel Winnik is likely to the next moved but the list of teams seem to be endless.