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Anyone else get the feeling that the leafs could aquire 4 toppish pairing minute munching d men from other teams and still have defensive issues? Cause that's what we essentially did in bringing Muzzin, Barrie and Ceci to go along with Rielly..
I think our d problems come down to 2 things really
i) the brand of hockey the leafs play I.e. fast, skilled, trading chances etc, we could have a d core filled with previous Norris winners and still be outnumbered down low and with odd man rushes given our forwards penchant for blowing the zone (although, so far, I think we've looked alot better on that this year)
ii) guys getting used to playing with each other.. we've had a massive amount of roster and coaching changes from last year. I mean, just look at our d.. Mo is the only guy playing right now who has played for the leafs for more than half a season. It'll take a while for everything to gel.
I really hope that Dert is given reps with Rielly to see what's there before considering any kind of roster surgery or trade.
Rielly/Dert
Muzzin/Barrie
Sandin/Ceci
Holl
That has alot of potential, methinks.