Maple Leafs trade Carrick to Stars for conditional 7th-round pick

The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Connor Carrick to the Dallas Stars in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2019, the team announced Monday.

If Carrick suits up in 50 or more games this season, Toronto's newly acquired pick gets bumped up to a sixth-rounder.

Earlier Monday, Carrick was included in the Leafs' latest round of cuts, but the club evidently found a trade partner before he officially hit the waiver wire.

Carrick has struggled to carve out a consistent role within the Maple Leafs' top six over the past two seasons and was frequently a healthy scratch last year. The 24-year-old played in 47 games for the Leafs in 2017-18, recording four goals and eight assists in just over 15 minutes per contest.