Ekholm is excellent and if something works then great, but we shouldn't be this desperate to mess with a D core that has worked well this year. We've tried Rielly on the right, it's not great. Not to mention adding a $6.25m player on the wrong side of 30 with term through when we need to extend Matthews, Nylander, Marner...
For the Leafs this would have to be an offseason deal if they can get some clarity on the Matthews and Nylander extensions this summer and potentially revenue/cap expectations going forward.