The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a trade - with their American Hockey League affiliate.
The team assigned forwards Connor Brown and Zach Hyman as well as defensemen Rinat Valiev and Connor Carrick to the Toronto Marlies. In return, the Leafs recalled forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Tobias Lindberg as well as defensemen T.J. Brennan and Andrew Campbell.
Kapanen and Brennan will get their second chances with the team after both suited up in games earlier in the month. Brennan currently sits second in the AHL with 67 points in 67 games.
Meanwhile, Lindberg could be the latest Maple Leaf to make his NHL debut this season. Campbell is expected to make his first NHL appearance in almost a year when the Leafs takes on the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
Brown, Hyman, Valiev, and Carrick rejoin a Marlies team that sits atop the AHL standings with a record of 48-15-5, 11 points ahead of the next best club.
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