Edited Nov. 28, 2022 at 2:08 p.m.
Quoting: T0R
Probably?, It’s definitely No
Also you have 0 respect for TJ Brodie if you think Swapping him for Roy is a significant loss defensively for the Kings,Brodie is an Elite Shutdown D-man that can play LD/RD & still look great
I don't pretend speak for Toronto's side, hence the probably. I'll let you handle that.
I do respect TJ Brodie. He's a solid defenseman. However, he doesn't fill the same role that Roy does.
Brodie is left-handed. The Kings are short on dynamic puck-moving LHD, but one thing they already have an abundance of is defensive LHD. Anderson, Moverare, Edler, BJornfot....all lefties that are solid but don't bring much offense. The Kings have an overabundance of offensive RHD, so much so that they have Durzi playing on the left side over solid defensive natural handed options like Moverare and Bjornfot. However, ever since they traded Brock Faber last summer, they don't have any defensive RHD in the pipeline any longer. If you swap Roy for Brodie, you've now dumped your one solid defense-first RHD and created another gap in the lineup. Sure, Brodie can play on the right, but then they'd have two defensemen playing their off-hand. That's not good.
The KIngs have a number of RHD that they'd be willing to move on the right trade. Walker, Durzi, Spence, and Grans are all available. Doughty, Roy, and Clarke are the future of the Kings right side, and unless there's a direct upgrade available it doesn't make sense to move any of them because then it just opens up a new gap in the lineup. Brodie doesn't do that.