Colton Parayko agrees to one-year, $62.6 million extension with Leafs…

The Toronto Maple Leafs have focused on improving their defense this offseason, and one trade pitch helps bolster that even more.

The website PuckPedia‘s PuckGM tool lets users create their own trades, and one user proposed a deal that would see the Maple Leafs acquire Colton Parayko from the St. Louis Blues.

The proposed deal would be a blockbuster as Toronto would add Parayko who has five years left on his eight-year $52 million deal with the Blues. Parayko could become a top-four defenseman with the Maple Leafs and help the blue line become one of the best in the league.

Parayko won a Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019 when Craig Berube was the coach, who is now the Maple Leafs head coach. The defensemen skated in 82 games recording 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points.

Toronto would have to give up a lot to St. Louis, but the Blues get younger and help with their youth movement. Liljegren is a former first-round pick who is just 25, but he has struggled to stay in the Maple Leafs lineup.