The trade deadline offer the Red Wings made for Dion Phaneuf.

Now that Mike Babcock is a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs the local media has been able to get their hands on what was once some privileged information. Foremost among that information are the details of a trade that almost came to be at the deadline involving Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf going to the Detroit Red Wings. According to Sportsnet the official offer from Detroit was Stephen Weiss, defenseman Brendan Smith and prospect  Teemu Pulkkinen. You can bet that right now there are many fans in Toronto askign why the Maple Leafs didn't pull the trigger on the deal. However it's believed that Toronto insisted on having Anthony Mantha as part of the deal and as a result the trade fell through.