"For Quillan and Toronto, they are not letting the 24-year-old center play because they don't want to risk him getting injured when they need to call him up to the Leafs when they trade away a whole lot of forwards. That is a big tell that the Leafs are going to at least trade away a couple of players from their lineup, and that Quillan will replace them to finish out the year up in the NHL."
"Ahead of the AHL Toronto Marlies playing the Cleveland Monsters for a day-time game on Wednesday, it was revealed that young center Jacob Quillan is not going to be in the lineup. It could be for any number of reasons -- nursing an injury, just giving other players reps for this mid-day game -- but TSN's Mark Masters made it clear that it was for trade-related reasons."
The Toronto Maple Leafs are actively preparing for trades ahead of the NHL deadline on Friday at 3:00 p.m. General manager Brad Treliving is expected to make moves as the team transitions for the offseason. A significant indicator emerged when Jacob Quillan, a 24-year-old center for the AHL Toronto Marlies, was held out of a Wednesday game for trade-related reasons. Rather than being held out because he is about to be traded, Quillan is being protected from injury so he can be called up to replace forwards the Leafs will trade away. This strategy signals the team plans to trade multiple forwards. Quillan, who has scored 12 goals and 33 points in 38 games for the Marlies this season, is expected to earn his NHL opportunity to finish the year.
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