The Toronto Maple Leafs remain well out of playoff position despite a win streak in Western Canada, and playoff qualification appears unlikely. The team's standing, limited future assets and reports of a pre-deadline sell-off fuel trade speculation. Brandon Carlo, the large right-handed defenseman acquired last deadline in exchange for Fraser Minten and a first-round pick, has repeatedly been named in rumours but wants to stay in Toronto. Carlo, 29, said "I love it here. I want to stay here." He is signed through next season at a $3.485-million AAV and carries a modified no-trade clause allowing him to block eight teams, dropping to three in the final year.
"But, there is a player who has been repeatedly named in trade rumours who doesn't really want to go. Brandon Carlo, the large right-handed defenseman that the Leafs gave up Fraser Minten and a first-round pick that will surely bite them back as part of a trade to acquire him last deadline, doesn't want to be moved. As the Leafs continue their season where playoffs seem like an impossible feat, the 29-year-old blueliner wants to stay in Toronto."
"Carlo is signed through next season at an incredibly digestible $3.485-million AAV as the Bruins retained part of his salary in the initial trade. He does also hold a modified no-trade clause where he can name eight teams that he cannot be traded to, and that goes down to just a three-team no-trade list in the final year of his deal."
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