Tim
Gleason figures to be a better fit for Randy Carlyle's system than
John-Michael Liles, so the Toronto Maple Leafs made the trade to
upgrade their blue line.
The
Leafs got Gleason from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Liles
and prospect Dennis Robertson.
"With
Gleason, we feel that he can come back into a hockey environment
where we can support him with the style of play that I think suits
his style," Carlyle said. "We want him to be a guy that can
come back in and move the puck. He's a big man. We just want him to
make a contribution."
The
Leafs won't ask the 30-year-old Gleason, who has just one assist and
no goals in 17 games this season, to contribute on the power play or
on offence much, in general. But Carlyle expects games to get tougher
down the stretch, so the addition of the six-foot, 217-pound Gleason
helps in that area.
Gleason
has two more seasons at a cap hit of $US 4 million left on his deal.
The left-handed-shooting defenceman was a 2001 first-round pick of
the Ottawa Senators and then was a member of the silver-medal-winning
U.S. team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
In
the past three seasons, he has just one goal and 27 assists in 141
regular-season games.
But
Liles wasn't doing much for the Leafs after spending the bulk of the
first half of the season with the AHL's Toronto Marlies. The
33-year-old appeared in just six Leafs games and went scoreless.
The
Hurricanes inherit the final two of his contract and the ensuing
$3.875 million US cap hit.
Source:
cbc
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