The Toronto Maple Leafs have just a little salary cap space to work with, but Brad Treliving could potentially create more by making a surprise move. After a busy off-season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are still trying to make some moves ahead of the regular season, but with just over $1.2 million in salary cap space, the team need to make some space if they are to give themselves flexibility moving forward. Now, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period has given an interesting suggestion on how they would make that happen, but it involves trading an intriguing young depth piece. <q>The Maple Leafs currently have slightly over $1.275 million in salary cap space but could free up an additional $1.1 million by trading defenceman Conor Timmins, or the team could place him on waivers and if he clears then send him down to the AHL, wrote Pagnotta in his latest column.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TFP/status/1831189794208030766'> </a></blockquote></div> Over the last two seasons with Toronto, Timmins has skated in a total of 50 games, tallying 3 goals over that time while putting together 24 points and +10 differential, but at 25-years of age, he may not have much of a future with the team. Ultimately, they have some solid depth on the blue line, so potentially waiving him and hoping he clears to go to the AHL would be the best move, but right now, keep a close eye on the situation as the regular season inches nearer. Source: Maple Leafs Daily <a href='https://www.mapleleafsdaily.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/insider-reports-maple-leafs-quietly-shopping-25-year-old-defenseman?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Ml9huRmFOqT3gN5gLS96399clBKb7FQr7pxnp7zyE7HGDALLlexmZCPY_aem_OXFFz9MS4alkwNE3PoOoaQ' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Insider reports Maple Leafs quietly shopping 25-year-old defenseman</a>