Why Maple Leafs traded Fraser Minten to Bruins in terrible deal
This hasn't worked out well at all.
Why Maple Leafs traded Fraser Minten to Bruins in terrible deal originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Bruins will have a number of players making their playoff debuts on Sunday night in Buffalo.
One of them is Fraser Minten, and the Toronto Maple Leafs surely wish he wasn't in a Boston uniform at all. They traded Minten before the 2025 trade deadline, and it has worked out miserably. Minten and a top-five protected 2026 first-round pick went to Boston in exchange for veteran defenseman Brandon Carlo.
The Bruins clearly won the deal already. Five guys making their playoff debuts lead the stretch: James Hagens Fraser Minten Marat Khusnutdinov Jonathan Aspirot Mark Kastelic pic. twitter.
com/Jclz7Vb8rR ā Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) April 19, 2026 Why did the Maple Leafs trade Fraser Minten to the Bruins? The Leafs were trying to add an extra piece for their 2025 playoff push. And in a sense, Carlo did that, but it's not going to work out long term.