#LeafsFever
Joined: May 2017
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The Leafs can be their own worst enemy, for sure, and shoot themselves in the foot, sure, but I don't think that with 30 or so games left in the season, you can "officially" make a call on anything. There is still a lot of hockey left to be played. Would the Leafs survive an Andersen scare with Hutchinson taking the majority of the next number of games, should it come to that? Probably not, but in fairness to Leafs' fans, he lost his first 5 starts and had a GAA over 4, so the position technically should have been upgraded some time ago. Should the Leafs play Cody Ceci 20 plus minutes a game even though he's proven that when he gets stuck out there against the oppositions better players, he's like a pylon? I am not sure there are many alternatives. Dermott has proven he has a hard time playing the right side, and you don't, or shouldn't do that to rookie Sandin. Even if Liljegren was recalled, I can't see him getting more than 15 minutes per game, and Marincin, though he is also terrible, is maybe good for 12, and he's prone to mistakes as well. So, I think if there is any blame to pass around here, at this point, it's on the GM for not reacting fast enough to what might become a failure of a season. Clearly, there are issues this team needs to address, no team is perfect. Though I do think this management group heavily underestimated the Florida Panthers prior to the start of this season.