'The Market Hasn't Been Vibrant': Maple Leafs Facing Difficult Roadblock Trading Forward
Calle Jarnkrok appears to be on his way out of Toronto, but thus far, the market to trade him hasn't been as good as Brad Treliving had initially hoped.
After some intriguing moves this off-season, including several trades to acquire forwards from the West Coast, the Toronto Maple Leafs have found themselves with a logjam of forwards heading into the 2025/26 season.
That's led to the belief that one of Scott Laughton, Steven Lorentz, Nick Robertson, David Kampf or Calle Jarnkrok are likely on their way out of Toronto, although the team are now facing some difficulties with the latter.
The team originally believed that there would be a market for Jarnkrok heading into the off-season, but according to a report from The Fourth Period, the market on the veteran forward has not been vibrant to say the least.
"The market hasn't been vibrant, to this point, but the Leafs will continue to dangle him"
At 33-years of age, Jarnkrok has played in just 71 games over his two seasons with Toronto, tallying 28 points in that time, and given his injury history and his lack of production, this is a team that may simply be stuck with the Swede until his contract runs out.
That contract carries a $2.1 million salary cap hit and runs out at the end of the 2025/26 campaign, so whether they move him or not, they'll be able to move on after next season, but given how badly this team needs to move on from the logjam of forwards currently in their bottom-six, don't be surprised to see them get aggressive and find a way to move him.
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