Leafs trade Marchment to Panthers for Malgin

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded forward Mason Marchment to the Florida Panthers in exchange for forward Denis Malgin, the team announced Wednesday.

Malgin has four goals and 12 points in 36 games with the Panthers this season. Florida's fourth-round selection in 2015 has amassed 28 goals and 60 points in 184 career games. He was teammates with Leafs forward Auston Matthews in Zurich during the 2015-16 campaign.

The 23-year-old is averaging 12:21 of ice time this season. Panthers general manager Dale Tallon said Malgin's agent asked several times for his client to be traded out of Florida, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

Marchment, 24, has appeared in four career NHL games - all this season - while recording one assist. The undrafted forward has played in 124 contests with the AHL's Toronto Marlies, scoring 38 goals and adding 32 assists.

Both players are set to become restricted free agents at the end of the season.

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