Temper your hopes for AP - FYI Paryako does and did all the heavy lifting in St.Louis

well that's debatable

It's not , but go ahead debate away, AP is a Fantastic player but he is offensive , Paryako and Bouwmeester did all the shut down work played all the top line minutes did all the heavy lifting

Only the Blues can sign Pietrangelo for eight years. Trading for his rights doesn't change that.

A trade for Pietrangelo just doesn't seem realistic, more something for the media to speculate about to drum up interest in what they're peddling.


Pietrangelo is more than capable defensively, the fact that Parayko does the heavy lifting isn't some kind of message that Pietrangelo isn't able to do that... it's about using players where we can get the most from them overall. Pietrangelo was fine when he was doing more of the heavy lifting when it was Shattenkirk on the second pairing.

I never said he couldn't just pointed out the in recent years it hasn't been him doing that lifting and at the cost he will command it will all but dissolve all of the Leafs depth, as great as he is it is not the best way for TO to improve their Blueline.