Edited Oct. 25, 2016 at 5:07 p.m.
Lots of comments....so I will interject.....The Fowler trade.....JVR for Fowler isn't bad....but why do the Leafs need another Dman like Stoner clogging up the works and maybe the cap.
The Leafs Dman are not that bad. Reilly at 22, Gardiner what 24. They're getting better. Zaitsev just starting in the NHL is a 7 year pro and KHL all star. Carrick just starting his NHL career, four year pro. The other guys are interchangeable so happens with almost all NHL so called 5, 6, 7, Dmen. The Leafs have let in too many goals this year....but the defence is only a third of the team and IMO at this stage should only take 1/3 of the blame.
The team that is on pace for 82 points, and has played 4 of 5 games on the road, non knowledgeable folks think the Leafs are a disaster and I don't know why.
BCAPP. I think you're dead on regarding Trouba. I bet hardly any body on this site has seen him play more than 10 games. Seems like he is getting so much good press because it is believed is a 5.5m + Dman. We'll see, almost all the trades on this sites IMO have been slighted towards the Jets.
This love for Trouba kinda reminds of me of when I new guy is hired at work. Some folks think this new guy is the "saviour" Why? He hasn't pissed anybody off yet or has made any mistakes. Almost guaranteed when the new guy has worked for the same period of time as the folks that at the workplace now.....he will have pissed off just as many people and made just as many mistakes. Time to bring in the next saviour.