Love the Weegar fit, not sure of the Kuemper/Anderson trade swap in terms of value. EROD on the 3rd line is trouble, he's a borderline 4th line/healthy scratch player.

Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Mikheyev - Tavares - Marner
Robertson - Kerfoot - Simmonds (or this type)
Clifford - Engvall - Spezza

Reilly - RHD (with size)
Muzzin - Lehtonen/Dermott
Sandin - Holl

Anderson(or Kuemper/Fleury)
Soup

Arizona should say no

Arizona trade would be a heist.

Absolutely. Tavares is strong defensively, Matthews is getting there, marner is alright but wildly inconsistent even though he looks like hes trying he sometimes isnt doing anything. Nylander is a fantastic neutral zone player and occasionally shows the ability to defend higher up in the d zone but that's about it. Hyman was an absolute liability in the DZ at 5v5, good pk'er but that's it. Kapanen wasnt great defensively. Kerfoot and Johnsson were strong there along with Mikheyev and Robertson in his short stint was fine too.

Like what you were just saying, CBJ is one of the best defensive teams in the league but their overall d core isnt that great. Every single one of their forwards are fantastic defensively, I cant think of one besides maybe Foudy who isnt great in his own end.

Getting stronger forwards and trading Rielly for a stronger defensive defensemen would go miles for them.

Having a defensive shut down forward line goes miles and miles in the playoffs. It's why Chicago, despite not having great defenders, was able to destroy Edmonton. Most times McDavid or LD was on the ice, Chicago sent out their 4th line of Highmore (very fast forechecker), Kampf (awesome defensive forward) and Carpenter (very physical and defensive) and they did a good job containing the Oilers top 6 despite their top 6 spending huge amounts of time in Chicago's zone. Now, before you say it, Chicago didn't have the defensive depth to take on Vegas but it's also because Vegas has 4 forward lines that are physical and play good defense. Point is, I have yet to see a team that is a offensive dynamo with little defense do well in the playoffs like the Leafs. Besides Tavares and Kerfoot, defensively I don't see anyone else in the Leafs forward group that I would say is a good two way forward. Matthews has improved but he was also starting from a very low bar defensively. Nylander is fine in the neutral zone but not effective in the D zone. Robertson I thought was good on the forecheck. CBJ was a nightmare matchup for the Leafs, the opposite of what they are and defense simply has to come first in the playoffs. This is part coaching a system but more importantly it's not investing $52M in forwards and $16M in defense or if that much goes into forwards, then having a group like Vegas where the money is spread out with guys that understand the game is not just offense. Hawks would have never won those cups with a bunch of Patrick Kanes up front, it took Toews, and Hossa in the top 6 who at that time were two of the best 2 way forwards in the game.

#5 at best on a good defence core. Best suited as a solid 3rd pair guy. Shaky at best when not with Muzzin

But with Muzzin hes a fringe 1st pair guy or at least they preformed on that level this season. He wasnt hurting the leafs at all when muzzin was in besides the amount of penalties he took. 1st pair minutes vs top competition for a guy in his 1st nhl season and he got positive results is good even if we know hes not the one driving the bus.

with Muzzin he doesn't look out of place as a 2nd pair guy. With Dermott against CBJ he looked like a 6th D.

True but Muzzin will be back next season so we can pencil him in there because he was quite good

So what you’re saying is that the Leafs top forwards are not clutch enough when it comes to delivering in big games?

No, I don't know what the problem is. However, whatever the problem is isn't going to be fixed by adding a couple RHD and a goaltender.

Yes I agree. The Leafs need more hardworking forwards who are committed to retrieving pucks & playing defense. They have too many guys who rely on their talent & the opposition can easily outwork them cuz they don’t adjust. That’s why I’m always targeting guys like Aube-Kubel.

Andersen is really good, I just think fans give him slack cuz he tends to let him a soft goal during the biggest games. However, this season was pretty bad by his standards. I’m not adamant on moving him but there were reports he didn’t want to stay.

Thanks for the feedback. Yep Simmonds could work there.

That sounds familiar to DET fans (see Osgood, Chris and his 400+ wins and 3 cups for reference)!