Maple Leafs' traded goalie Dennis Hildeby reveals what trade call forced him to miss

Dennis Hildeby has been enjoying the 2026 FIFA World Cup.In fact, right before Belgium played Senegal in the Round of 32, the goalie was still a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.That's when he got the call that he was being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in a deal that landed forward Nick Paul back to Toronto.“It was definitely a first for me,” Hildeby told local media in Sweden, with the translation via Daily Faceoff. “I’d never experienced being traded before. As a player, you always know it’s possible, so it’s always somewhere in the back of your mind. There had already been a lot of movement around the league, so I knew there was a chance I could be next.”MORE: How a 3-team Dylan Larkin, Jason Robertson trade could workThe Maple Leafs had a goalie logjam, and trading away the young