Maple Leafs, Oilers benefiting from trade deadline moves in playoffs

They couldn’t wait to get to Toronto – and couldn’t wait to get into the same room as their new teammates.

Toronto went about a massive roster restructuring that saw O’Reilly, Acciari, defencemen Luke Schenn, Jake McCabe and Erik Gustafsson, and winger Sam Lafferty join the fold. “That helped me personally and I think every other guy in the locker room that came over [at] the deadline to play to our potential and make it as easy a transition as possible,” he said. “It was awesome just seeing the smiles on the guys’ faces. You never know going into a new locker room, but every guy here welcomed us and was excited to have us.Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft said Ekholm has fit with his team “like a glove” since arriving on the scene from the Nashville Predators.

“It’s a lot of veteran guys, a lot of guys with great personalities. A lot of guys that were very comfortable in who they are. There’s always an adjustment period for everyone, but I really saw our group come together – and very quickly.” Leafs forward Alexander Kerfoot said none of Toronto’s deadline acquisitions dipped their toes into the new environment.

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