San Jose Sharks trade defenseman to Toronto Maple Leafs for Ryan Reaves

SAN JOSE The San Jose Sharks traded specific blue line depth for an enforcer on Thursday sending defenseman Henry Thrun to the Toronto Maple Leafs for tough guy forward Ryan Reaves The Sharks were expected to commerce one of their defenseman after signing Dmitry Orlov to a two-year contract and claiming Nick Leddy off waivers from the St Louis Blues last week The moves left the Sharks with eight defensemen including Thrun on one-way contracts Reaves has been known as one of hockey s premier fighters during his NHL career In a combined games with the Blues Pittsburgh Penguins Vegas Golden Knights New York Rangers Minnesota Wild and Maple Leafs Reaves has points goals assists and penalty minutes Reaves had two assists in games with the Leafs last season averaging in ice time per championship He also had a goal in three games with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL and is entering the final year of a three-year million contract that carries a million cap hit Reaves was with the New York Rangers from July to Nov when Sharks general manager Mike Grier was a hockey operations advisor with the unit We re excited to welcome Ryan to the organization Grier reported in a comment He will bring vitality personality physical play and toughness to our group He has been a part of various winning teams and I witnessed firsthand the positive impact he can bring to a group when I was with the Rangers Thrun is going into the final year of a two-year million deal He is set to be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights next year Thrun had mainly been used as a second- or third-pair defenseman by the Sharks since he was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks on Feb He appeared in games with San Jose over three seasons had points and averaged in ice time This past season Thrun appeared in games had points and averaged of ice time Please check back for updates to this story