Maple Leafs trade Roy to Avalanche — The Fourth Period
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded centre Nicolas Roy to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a 2027 conditional first-round selection and a 2026 conditional fifth-round selection.
In the event Colorado’s 2027 first-round selection is in the top-10 of the 2027 NHL Draft, Colorado will send its unprotected 2028 first-round pick to Toronto.
Colorado currently holds three fifth-round selections in the 2026 NHL Draft; the Leafs will receive the lowest of those three picks this summer.
Roy, 29, tallied five goals and 15 assists for 20 points in 59 games with the Leafs this season.
He ranked among the players on TFP’s Trade Watch List.
In 428 career NHL regular-season games with the Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights and Maple Leafs, Roy has accumulated 73 goals and 113 assists for 186 points, to date.
The 2023 Stanley Cup champion was drafted by the Hurricanes in the fourth-round, 96th overall, of the 2015 NHL Draft.
