Overview

• San Jose adds 38-year-old veteran Ryan Reaves, who brings 1,100 career penalty minutes and a $1.35 million cap hit in the final year of his contract.
• Sharks general manager Mike Grier praised Reaves’s energy, toughness and leadership as assets for a rebuilding roster.
• Toronto receives 24-year-old defenseman Henry Thrun on a $1 million cap hit as he approaches restricted free agency with arbitration rights.
• The Maple Leafs cleared about $350,000 in salary cap space through the one-for-one swap, boosting flexibility for next season.
• The trade follows San Jose’s recent additions of Dmitry Orlov and Nick Leddy, which had created a surplus of one-way defense contracts.