Maple Leafs Acquire Nick Foligno in 3-Team Trade

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Nick Foligno from the Columbus Blue Jackets and Stefan Noesen from the San Jose Sharks. The details are as follows:

#Leafs receive: Nick Foligno (at 25% of cap hit) and Stefan Noesen.#CBJ receive: TOR 2021 1st round pick, TOR 2022 4th round pick, retain 50% of Foligno's cap hit/salary.#sjsharks receive: TOR 2021 4th round pick, retain 25% of Foligno's cap hit/salary. https://t.co/dgYenpD62z
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 11, 2021

The Blue Jackets captain and son of former Maple Leaf Mike Foligno heads to the Leafs to provide them with another option for their top-six wing positions or he could land as their third-line center. Noesen on the other hand is purely a depth add for the team's fourth line/AHL club.

In 42 games this season the 33-year-old has managed to tally 16 points. The Leafs won't need a ton of offense from Foligno, but more so they would love to see some timely playoff goals, some toughness and for him to be responsible in his own end.

The pending free-agent is likely to re-sign in Columbus this upcoming offseason but at this point it doesn't matter. Leafs Nation is gearing up for what they hope is a long playoff run and adding Foligno to their roster certainly gives the Leafs a better chance at winning their first playoff series in 15 years.

Here's the official deal. So the Sharks, just like Detroit yesterday, get a 4th round pick to be a cap broker.
Jackets get a 1st and a 4th for Foligno who is pending UFA (nice work by Columbus again)
Leafs get a hell of a respected leader and player https://t.co/AbfXTVgiPS
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) April 11, 2021

I have know the Foligno family most of my life You can’t find a better person than @NickFoligno His first words to me were Let’s go win a F&@$”!? Cup!!!! Tremendous move by @kyledubas and @MapleLeafs
— Joe Bowen (@BonsieTweets) April 11, 2021

It's been 28 years since a Foligno has donned a Maple Leafs jersey. Petition for Nick to bring back his dad's bucket? 🪖 pic.twitter.com/0rFXYdD6bP
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) April 11, 2021