Dakota Joshua never imagined his summer would include a call from a former team’s general manager, changing the course of his NHL career. The former Vancouver Canucks forward, now heading into his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, led by Auston Matthews, revealed on Monday how the trade caught him off guard. The move, orchestrated by GM Patrik Allvin, came just over a year after Vancouver signed him to a four-year contract.

The trade sent Joshua back to the franchise that drafted him in 2014, in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Entry Draft. Amid cap space considerations and the Canucks‘ search for a second-line centerman, Joshua was suddenly facing a new chapter in Toronto. Speaking at the Maple Leafs’ annual charity golf tournament, the 27-year-old admitted he wa

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