Leafs Land Emil Andrae, A High-Upside Blue-Liner With Room To Grow

Toronto adds Emil Andrae, a young defenseman with enough upside to make scouts sit up a little straighter. The move gives the Maple Leafs another puck-moving option on the back end, and those are the kinds of pieces front offices keep chasing when they think the margins can still be squeezed. Andrae is not a finished product, which is exactly why this kind of deal can either look shrewd or annoying depending on how the player develops.