Maple Leafs Rejected Hockey Trade Involving Top Prospect, claims NHL Insider

“I was told that the Flyers would be interested and willing to do Fraser Minten straight up for Scott Laughton,” Seravalli reported on Tuesday's "Daily Faceoff LIVE" show. “I was told that was also a ‘no’ for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flyers like Minten.”

Multiple NHL insiders have consistently reported that if the Leafs want to acquire an impactful player, they will likely have to part with a top prospect or a first-round pick.

Toronto, however, doesn't have its own 2025 first-round draft pick as they already moved it, making it more appealing to find suitors for a prospect rather than a further-down-the-road selection.

“I think [the Leafs] would love to do something that moves the needle,” Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman said on "Leafs Morning Take" on Tuesday. “I think they have accepted the fact that if they’re going to get something that moves the needle, it’s going to cost them some combination of their No. 1 pick in 2026, Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten, or Ben Danford.”

Meanwhile, Sportsnet’s Justin Bourne has also suggested that Toronto will need to be aggressive if it wants to add a legitimate difference-maker before the deadline.

“The Leafs don’t need a deadline where they add a couple bottom-six grinders and a seventh defenseman,” Bourne wrote. “They need to separate themselves with a bigger move.

"(The Maple Leafs) don’t have a ton of assets, but to acquire a real player they'll have to give someone up," Bourne wrote.