TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reports that the Toronto Maple Leafs have circled back on Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson. During Tuesday’s edition of Insider Trading, LeBrun noted that interest in Andersson has picked up in the wake of the Quinn Hughes trade due to the lack of top-four defencemen that will likely be available at the trade deadline. What could dictate whether or not a trade materializes is whether the Flames want to move him as a rental or to a team Andersson would sign with. “Among the teams that have circled back on Rasmus Andersson is the Toronto Maple Leafs. We know the Leafs tried to trade for Andersson last year at the deadline,” LeBrun reported. “And why I mention Toronto is that my understanding is the Leafs would be one of those teams that Andersson perhaps would consider extending with, if, in fact, a trade could be worked out between those two teams.” LeBrun’s report is the latest connecting the Leafs to Andersson, as The Leafs Nation’s Jay Rosehill reported during an episode of Le
