Brad Treliving Faced with a Devastating Truth About Scott Laughton

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Nikita Grebenkin and a first-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Scott Laughton who was supposed to be the team's third-line center.

Although he played a few games in that role, he was eventually put on the wing on the fourth line before being bumped back up to the wing on the third line.

In 15 games, Laughton has only been able to manage a goal and an assistt and for the most part his tenure in Toronto has been a total disaster.

Fans are starting to get fed up, especially when you consider how this was touted to be the savior for the team's bottom six. He has been anything but that.

In fact, The Athletic's Kevin Papetti took the Toronto Maple Leafs' management to task on social media last night as the Leafs were getting walked all over by the Florida Panthers. He made some great points noting that this move may just make upper management look foolish in the long run.

At this point, the Laughton experiment has been a failure and there is no telling whether or not things will turn around for the postseason.

Ultimately, the playoffs are much harder and Laughton hasn't exactly played for a team that gets a lot of playoff reps.

When you play against teams like the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning, you need everyone firing on all cylinders, which Laughton is not doing.

While Treliving won't lose his job over this move, there is no doubt that he will continue to face scrutiny for trading for a player who probably wasn't worth a first-round pick.