Weekend FTB: What a busy week, eh?

Whew. This may have been the busiest mid-July the Toronto Maple Leafs have ever had. Two trades, one PTO, and seven players signed. None of them were Mitch Marner however, but you can’t have everything.

If you were away all week here’s everything you missed:

The Maples Leafs signed...

Pontus Aberg
Kenny Agostino
Tyler Gaudet
Nick Shore
Garrett Wilson
Kevin Gravel

Maple Leafs sign so much depth, we can’t list it all in this headline

They offered a Professional Try Out contract to goaltender Michal Neuvirth...

Maple Leafs confirm Michal Neuvirth has a PTO

They traded Garrett Sparks away for David Clarkson...

Toronto Maple Leafs trade for David Clarkson

Which was a little confusing, but PPP is always here to help.

Maple Leafs, LTIR, David Clarkson and everything you need to understand this trade

Garret Sparks wasn’t too happy about the trade. He feels a little disrespected by the Leafs despite them hanging onto Sparks for eight years, giving him every chance to prove himself and winning him a Calder Cup.

Garret Sparks reflects on ’emotionally taxing’ Maple Leafs exit

Finally, the Leafs swapped lower end defenders with the Blues.

Maple Leafs trade Andreas Borgman for Jordan Schmaltz

Elsewhere around PPP we kicked off Top 25 exhibition week...

T25U25: The Case for Riley Stotts
T25U25: The Case for Semyon Kizimov
2019 T25U25: Honourable Mentions
Top 25 Under 25: Thirteen prospects go unanimously unranked
Toronto Maple Leafs Top 25 Under 25: Players who left the list

Hardev went over the Marlies for us....

Toronto Maple Leafs roster breakdown: Goalies
Toronto Marlies roster breakdown: Defense
Toronto Marlies roster breakdown: Forwards

And then a bunch of other websites did stuff too....

Rangers re-sign Pavel Buchnevich to three year deal - Blue Seat Blogs
Rebuild over? Can the New York Rangers make the playoffs this season?
Evaluating the Sabres’ Salary Cap Situation
Meet the New Guy: Getting to know goaltender Garret Sparks
Nazem Kadri to wear No. 91 for the Colorado Avalanche
Penguins acquire defenseman John Marino from Edmonton Oilers for conditional draft pick
Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews is not happy Blues won Stanley Cup

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

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