The Toronto Maple Leafs are always looking to swing a big trade and find a player who can instantly transform their lineup.
Unfortunately for the Toronto Maple Leafs, it becomes extremely difficult to do once players negotiate certain clauses into their contracts that allow them veto power over being traded to a new team.
Most of the stars in the NHL have earned the right to dictate their own playing destiny. Their agents ensure it by writing in language into the contract that doesn’t allow their respective franchise to send them elsewhere without their pre-approval. This takes form in two ways, a no-move clause and a no-trade clause.