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Maple Leafs’ 2019 Trade Remains the Team’s Biggest Misstep of the Matthews Era

When the Toronto Maple Leafs shipped out Nazem Kadri in the summer of 2019, the move felt more like damage control than roster building. Kadri had just put himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons — back-to-back playoff suspensions that derailed Toronto’s chances against Boston.

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