Leafs reportedly put two players on the trade market

The Toronto Maple Leafs have made some significant moves this offseason, yet they still have less than $2 million in salary cap space heading into the 2025-26 NHL season.

Very quickly, let's look at GM Brad Treliving's offseason so far:

IN:

Nicolas Roy

Matias Maccelli

Dakota Joshua

Henry Thrun

Michael Pezzetta

Travis Boyd

Vinni Lettieri

Benoit-Olivier Groulx

OUT:

Mitch Marner

Pontus Holmberg

Ryan Reaves

Alex Steeves

Matt Murray

Nick Abruzzese

RE-SIGNED:

John Tavares

Matthew Knies

Steven Lorentz

Nick Robertson

Dakota Mermis

To me, what I see is a Mitch Marner out and then a whole lotta tinkering around the edges. And that tinkering hasn't really provided the team with any additional cap space to make a big move, either this offseason or during the upcoming campaign. So... what next?

Leafs insider Anthony Di Marco suggests that the team has added forwards David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok to their trade block and are hoping to move their combined $4.5 million annual salary via trade.

"Calle Jarnkrok and David Kampf are top candidates to be cleared out," Di Marco reported on Daily Faceoff earlier this week.

Certainly Treliving would like to move those contracts, both negotiated by former Leafs GM Kyle Dubas, but it won't be easy. Neither player is worth the value of their contract and the Leafs may have to add a sweetener in order to get out from under their contractual obligations.