The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
In return the Maple Leafs receive the Sharks' second-round picks in the 2017 and 2018 NHL Drafts, and forward Raffi Torres.
"Roman and Nick are both quality, character players that will complement and enhance our current roster," Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said. "Our existing group of players has battled hard and they have earned the right to have every chance to succeed this season."
Polak, 29, had 13 points in 55 games and was fourth on the Maple Leafs in average ice time per game at 19:44.
Spaling, 27, scored his first goal of the season in the Maple Leafs' 5-4 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. He had seven points in 35 games.
The Maple Leafs recalled forward Brendan Leipsic and defenseman Stuart Percy from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. They will be available when the Maple Leafs play the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
It's the third trade this month for the Maple Leafs and second in two days. Toronto on Sunday traded forward Shawn Matthias to the Colorado Avalanche for forward Colin Smith a fourth-round pick in the 2016 draft.
On Feb. 9 they traded defensemen Dion Phaneuf and Cody Donaghey and forwards Casey Bailey, Matt Frattin and Ryan Rupert to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Jared Cowen, forwards Milan Michalek, Colin Greening and Tobias Lindberg, and a second-round pick in the 2017 draft.
The trades have given the Maple Leafs 12 picks in the 2016 draft, and as many as seven picks in the first two rounds of the next three drafts.
"I think the picks are the most important thing that we've gotten in these transactions," Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello said. "We'll see what the players bring from now until the end of the year. Picks were most important, as far as giving us the opportunity, depending on where we're at."
Torres, 34, has not played a regular-season NHL game since March 8, 2014. He was suspended for 41 games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a hit on the Anaheim Ducks' Jakob Silfverberg during a preseason game Oct. 3. He has zero points in six games with San Jose of the AHL, and the Maple Leafs announced he would remain there as a condition of the trade.
"We're extremely comfortable with the people we have with the Marlies," Lamoriello said. "I don't think a veteran going into the Marlies right now is the right thing. Nothing against Raffi. The chemistry there is perfect. … I don't think there's a role for him right now. He's not playing-ready for the NHL in our opinion, my opinion specifically. It was part of the transaction that he would remain in the minor league team in San Jose."
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