Almost three weeks have passed since word of Josh Leivo’s trade request surfaced and yet nothing has really changed for the 24-year-old winger.



Leivo still hasn’t played a game. Still hasn’t been traded. Still hasn’t been waived. He remains in precisely the same situation as before, waiting for an opportunity to play hockey — whether it’s with the Leafs or elsewhere.



“No one knows what’s going to happen so I’ve just got to sit and wait and see what’s going on,” said Leivo, the last to leave the ice, alongside Matt Martin, following a Wednesday practice.



Leivo will be scratched for the 51st time of the season when the Leafs host the Islanders on Thursday night. He hasn’t played in almost two months. When the Leafs shuffled around their lineup in late January, looking to deepen their lineup with speed and skill, it was Finnish speedster Kasperi Kapanen who got the shot on a revamped fourth...