Not the best but not the worst. I think we see a trade up front to acquire a 3C at the deadline if Thornton is struggling.

No we won't move him, he will just get bumped down to the 4th line. Like I would see Kerfoot being moved for cap space and then using picks/prospects to acquire a 3C

He’s mainly here for a locker room presence, it’ll be a pleasant surprise if he can provide us some good value on the ice aswell

I just can't see that bottom six winning a cup

Having 2 players coming over from Russia, that have never played a NHL game and starting on contending team isn’t ideal. Especially a Defender playing with the 2nd pairing and 2nd pairing minutes. Bogosian is 30 years old!! He’s not ancient!! I’d rather see Muzzin and him as my 2nd pairing!! And Muzzin and Dermott on acouple off nights. And Lehtonen/J.Holl as my 3rd pairing. 10-14 minutes a game.

I think the leafs do have a somewhat realistic shot of winning the cup. Don't Jinx it man! Say they won't win the cup unless they trade Matthews for Pesce and Marner for Manson and Nylander for Ceci lol.

In fact, I made a ACGM team that did just that: trade Matthews for Pesce, Marner for Manson, and Nylander for Ceci.

Lmao just saw that, that’s a real cup contender!

This is almost exactly the way I see it. Very realistic but also a lot of potential.

They have 2 proven #1 forward lines. Not too many teams can say that.

Their bottom 6 forward group all have a lot to prove but they added grit & good depth scoring in Thornton, Simmons, Vesey & Barabanov. Kerfoot also needs a bounce back year. This might be a wildcard for the leafs. a good thing is they have engvall, robertson, anderson pushing for ice time.

Brodie & Reily form a good #1 unit.

Muzzin fits well at #3 while they have a bunch of guys battling for that #4 spot inchluding Letonen, Holl, Dermott, Sandin, Bogosian. I think that's enough competition to confidently say they will have a good top 4 next season.

They also have good depth in the bottom pairing. The addition of bogosian, hoping letonen can make an impact but not sure, dermott should have a bounce back year, sandin is a great player but small and getting better / stronger and will definately push for minutes, holl looked great at times last year and should be getting better but might look great in a bottom pairing

addding campbell & dell in goal gives them some decent depth in goal and anderson will most definatley have a good bounce back year in his contract season.