Josh Leivo doesn’t want to leave Toronto. He just wants to play.



Leivo has reportedly requested a trade from the Maple Leafs, according to a report on Hockey Night in Canada. The 24-year-old forward hasn’t suited up for a game in 2018. He’s been scratched more times this season alone than he played in the last year and a half and was recently passed over for an opportunity by Kasperi Kapanen, who played his fifth straight game over the weekend in Boston.



Ian Pulver, Leivo’s agent, wouldn’t confirm Saturday’s report. He went only as far as to suggest that Leivo just wanted to play, preferably in Toronto for the Leafs.



“Josh is a player who would stand in front of a train for the Toronto Maple Leafs,” Pulver said in a statement. “Josh was drafted by the Leafs and he wants to be a long-time Leaf. He would love to be in the lineup ‪Monday night, and every night thereafter. Having said that, he...