O'Reilly commends Leafs' flurry of deadline moves: 'We're all-in'

Ryan O'Reilly's time as the new kid on the block with the Toronto Maple Leafs was short-lived, but the veteran center is happy the club continued making moves.

"We're all-in," O'Reilly said, per Sportsnet. "That's the group and the consensus around. Like I said before, that's an exciting thing. We've got a great team here and a lot of good pieces. It's time to put in the work and start building it."

General manager Kyle Dubas made a flurry of deals Tuesday, shipping Rasmus Sandin to the Washington Capitals and Pierre Engvall to the New York Islanders while acquiring Luke Schenn from the Vancouver Canucks. The trio of trades came the day after Toronto added Jake McCabe and Sam Lafferty from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Dubas acquired O'Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 17, his first big transaction leading up to the March 3 deadline.

"He's done a great job of getting things done early," head coach Sheldon Keefe said Tuesday, according to Sportsnet's Luke Fox.

"Kyle has looked at our team and has been really honest about it. He's tried to figure out ways we can get better, and he's been aggressive with it. So I don't think there's any doubt we've improved in our depth and our competitiveness at both forward and defense."

The Maple Leafs sit fourth in the NHL with 82 points. The club appears locked into a first-round playoff rematch with the Tampa Bay Lightning and will try to win a series for the first time since 2004.