The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Bobby McMann to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a second-round pick in 2027 and a fourth-round pick in 2026.

Some seasons, the standings just hit you with the truth you don’t want to face. Right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs are sitting eight points out of a playoff spot, and that kind of gap makes you get real.

The Kraken reportedly made a trade right at the NHL deadline, shipping two draft picks to the Maple Leafs for forward Bobby McMann.

The remaining 19 games for the Maple Leafs will still see Craig Berube behind the bench, two notable deletions and some Marlies sprinkled through the lineup. It won’t change the inevitable. This team is going south to an unknown fate for many after April 15.

The Maple Leafs gained a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, but they will enter their final 21 regular-season games seven points out of a playoff position. But the Boston Bruins, the team that holds down the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, have played two fewer games than the Maple Leafs.

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