Morgan Rielly’s agent, J.P. Barry, has submitted a list of four Western-based teams the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman is willing to go to, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger.
Dreger reports that this will be a team by team assessment and depending on the fit, there could be some flexibility to add teams to the trade list.
Rielly is coming off his 13th season with the Maple Leafs, where he scored 11 goals with 36 points in 78 games while averaging 21:08 of ice time and a plus/minus rating of -18.
Currently the longest tenured Maple Leaf, Rielly was drafted fifth overall by Toronto in 2012 and has skated in 951 games with the franchise, scoring 98 goals with 549 points.
Toronto missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2016 and the team has made changes both on and off the ice.
The Maple Leafs hired John Chayka as general manager and brought in franchise legend Mats Sundin as senior executive advisor of hockey operations.
Head coach Craig Berube was fired after two seasons behind the bench in May and replaced with Jim Hiller.
On the ice, goaltender Joseph Woll and defenceman Simon Benoit were dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for goalie Samuel Ersson, defenceman Emil Andrae and a draft pick.
The team also added blueliner Darren Raddysh on an eight-year, $68 million contract via a sign-and-trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning and have the first-overall pick in Friday’s NHL Draft.
