BREAKING: Maple Leafs beef up lineup, add Ryan O'Reilly, Noel Acciari in three-team trade MapleLeafs Leafs OReilly Acciari
O’Reilly has accomplished two feats denied most of the Maple Leafs: a Stanley Cup and defeating Boston in a playoff series. But the deal further mortgages Toronto’s draft future, with this year’s first round pick surrendered in the deal. Toronto also added some grit to its lineup with forward Noel Acciari from the Blues.Article content
For Toronto to fit the remainder of O’Reilly’s $7.5 million US cap hit for this season, the last on his expiring contract, St. Louis will retain 50%, Minnesota 25%.O’Reilly, 32, has 19 points in 40 games this season, interrupted by a six-week hiatus with a broken foot just as his name came to prominence with the Leafs. It was believed Dubas also looked into Patrick Kane of the Blackhawks and San Jose’s Timo Meier.
In 978 career regular season games with the Blues, Buffalo Sabres and Colorado Avalanche, he has 691 points, including 56 in the playoffs. O’Reilly has also won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward as well the Lady Byng Trophy with Colorado.
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