Trade Rumor: Leafs may have a new trade partner!

It appears the Leafs may have found a new suitor for defenceman Cody Franson. Bob McKenzie, Pierre LeBrun and Elliotte Friedman believe that the Anaheim Ducks will be looking to add another defenceman before the deadline. As per Friedman, Murray’s “GM brethren will be surprised if he doesn’t add” a defenseman. The Ducks are young on the blueline with Cam Fowler, 23, Sami Vatanen, 23, and Hampus Lindholm, 21, all taking on big roles. But with the Ducks hoping to make a run at the Cup, it appears they will be buyers. Friedman was on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 on Monday morning and had this to say: “I think now also all the teams are finishing their scouting meetings, and I think we’re going to hear a lot more trade chatter. And one of the things I’m definitely hearing at the forefront is Anaheim. I think we talked about it on Friday and I heard some more on it on the weekend. I think there are teams expecting the Ducks to make a move for a defenseman. Another name I potentially heard linked with them on the weekend was Cody Franson from Toronto, if the Maple Leafs decide they can’t sign him.” Who would you like to see come back from the Ducks for a guy like Franson?