Maple Leafs acquire O’Reilly, Acciari in three-team trade

St. Louis Blues captain Ryan O’Reilly and forward Noel Acciari joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in a three-team trade also involving the Minnesota Wild.

We have acquired Ryan O’Reilly & Noel Acciari in a three-team trade with St. Louis & Minnesota.
 
STL receives Mikhail Abramov & Adam Gaudette, TOR's 1st round pick in '23, OTT's 3rd round pick in '23 & TOR's 2nd round pick in '24. MIN receives TOR's 4th round pick in '25. pic.twitter.com/QAOUZvUZfH

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 18, 2023

At the same time, the Blues receive forward prospect Mikhail Abramov, AHL forward Adam Gaudette, Toronto’s first-round pick in 2023, Ottawa’s third-round pick in 2023 and Toronto’s second-round pick in 2024.

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St. Louis will also eat 50 per cent of O’Reilly’s remaining salary.

Minnesota will retain 25 per cent of O’Reilly’s total salary as an intermediary in the trade. In exchange, the Maple Leafs will send Minnesota their own fourth-round pick in 2025.

Right-wing prospect Josh Pillar is also heading from Minnesota to Toronto to complete the trade.

O’Reilly’s $7.5-million cap hit for the remainder of the season will be divided as follows. He will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.

• St. Louis retains 50% ($3.75M)
• Minnesota retains 50% of the $3.75M ($1.875M)
• O’Reilly joins Maple Leafs with a cap hit of $1.875M

The Maple Leafs now have one of the more formidable centre units in the NHL and are clearly going all-in on competing for the Stanley Cup. In O’Reilly, Toronto is slotting in a former Conn Smythe and Selke Trophy winner who can play in all situations.