Palhal

This might be the best 6 defensive unit the Leafs have deployed this year.

I told palhal he can be rielly’s new Hainsey lol. But @palhal has to drop the gloves and juke around like Hainsey too lol.

My modesty and my sixty five year old legs tell that I shouldn't be getting top pairing billing. But I might be better value at 700,000 than the incessant trades I see on CF that for so many RHDs to the Leafs.
That's for reading my post and acknowledging the silliness of my comment, but I thought the trade posted was equally unreasonable.

Well... if Hainsey can do it lol.

I couldn’t agree more. Any rhd that is not currently a maple leaf is the key to bringing the cup home to Toronto.

People put too much emphasis on the strength of each side. Leafs have a deep strong left side that will carry the right. Liljegren has been good and will continue to grow confidence. Holl has been good. In my opinion if leafs can find a responsible partner for Rielly who can handle 20 minutes a night of defensively decent hockey the leafs will be fine.

Just a comment on the Leafs this year. Yea I know so many think they have a horrible defence and maybe even a bad team.
Going into the season due to cap reasons, the Leafs went into the season with weaker defence than last year. I wrote on Sept 3rd, I thought the Leafs would be fighting just to get a playoff spot.
So the Leafs started the year with Dermot and Hyman injured plus the worse coach in the NHL. Later injuries to Johnsson, Tavares, Marner, Mikheyvov, Muzzin, Reilly, Andersen, Johnsson again. Somer real guy keys. So IMO I think they have hung in there really well, still in playoff contention.

Just add to your comment above. Agree that "side" of defence is overemphasized on this site. But it's really the Leafs lineup so many talk about, not the other teams.