Assessing the Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs Transactions of Post-Lockout Era

Phil Kessel and Tyler Seguin are bound to be the prime media magnets once more when the Boston Bruins visit the Toronto Maple Leafs this Saturday. That somewhat trite eventuality couldn’t be helped even if the two of them were not their respective teams’s leading point-getters.

So why fight it? Heck, why not consider the noticeable number of uniform swaps players have made between Boston and Toronto in recent years?

Since the conclusion of the 2004-05 lockout, the Bruins and Leafs have lost one player apiece to each other via free agency. More recently, the two Original Six, Northeast Division cohabitants have made three trades, all of which still bear a certain degree of relevance today.

Here now is a capsule of each of the five said transactions.

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