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The Boston Bruins are trading Brandon Carlo to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a package that includes prospect Fraser Minten, per league sources.
Carlo, 28, is signed through 2027 at $4.1 million annually.
Carlo had been serving as the Bruinsā top right-shot defenseman in Charlie McAvoyās absence. He is a stay-at-home defender and first-wave penalty killer. Offense is not Carloās game, as he has just one goal and eight assists this season. He uses his positioning and stick more than physicality to defend.
The #leafs are getting Brandon Carlo.
ā Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 7, 2025
Fraser Minten is part of the package going to Boston in the Brandon Carlo deal.
ā Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 7, 2025
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Carlo, No. 28 on The Athleticās most recent trade board,Ā joins Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle as the Bruinsā deadline-day departures. Carlo and Coyle were most recently alternate captains along with David Pastrnak.
What it means for the Maple Leafs
Carlo was No. 2 on our best potential trade fits for the Maple Leafs last month. I would have had him No. 1, but I wondered about the price and likelihood of the Bruins dealing him to a divisional rival like the Leafs. Carlo is just the type of defenseman that GM Brad Treliving covets. Heās long and heās strong defensively. He plays a real meat-and-potatoes kind of game, which makes him feel like the ideal fit for a partnership with Morgan Rielly. The Leafs needed to find that player before the deadline. The fact that Carlo is signed for the two seasons after this one means the Leafs have their top four set for the foreseeable future with Rielly, Carlo, Jake McCabe and Chris Tanev. ā Jonas Siegel, Maple Leafs beat reporter
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