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Mock trade involving Rasmus Dahlin & the Maple Leafs goes viral for all the wrong reasons


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Alexander Cole
December 18, 2025  (8:21 PM)
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Dec 14, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin (26) looks to pass during the third period against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena.
Photo credit: Blake Dahlin-Imagn Images

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to make a trade, and some mock deals on Instagram are jumping out the window with swaps involving Rasmus Dahlin.

We have reached the point of the NHL season where some fans are extremely bored and have nothing better to do than make mock trades.
Leafs fans are particularly guilty of this. We see trade proposals and mock trades every single week, and the vast majority of them are absolutely ridiculous.
However, some are so bad that they are beyond parody. They are the kinds of deals that would ruin your reputation in a "Be a GM" mode in a video game.

Rasmus Dahlin for numerous Maple Leafs players goes viral

We got one of those trades recently, and it immediately went viral on both Instagram and X. This trade involves the Toronto Maple Leafs and Rasmus Dahlin.
In this deal, the Leafs give the Sabres a first-round pick in 2028, Nick Robertson, Easton Cowan, and Ben Danford.
This is the kind of deal that neither team would do. The Sabres need Dahlin now more than ever, while the Leafs need some young prospects like Cowan and Danford.
Fans on social media found this trade proposal to be extremely amusing, and for the most part, pretty ridiculous and insulting.
At the end of the day, these kinds of mock trades are only going to continue and get worse. The boredom is real, and the trade deadline is just a few months away.
Leafs general manager Brad Treliving is, in fact, looking to make some trades, but Dahlin does not appear to actually be on his radar right now.
Only time will tell whether or not a trade happens soon, and if it is as ridiculous as the mock trade we just showed you.
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