Quoting: hudsonsux
We’re stacked at D we had Gustafson sitting in the playoffs. If we trade that first for defence which is stupid, we should use it to get a top tier defenceman for our first line not a fringe top4 d. We should use that first to help our offence. That’s why we lost in the second round we couldn’t score on Bob. We should use it to get a stud left wing. And he’d be on our third line we. Reilly, McCabe, Brodie and Schenn all better than him, maybe even liljegren he’d be debatebaly our worst defence man we shouldn’t spend a first on him
The Leafs ARE NOT stacked at D.... at all.
Reilly is Reilly.
Brodie is Brodie.
Neither are physical.
McCabe is great. He hits.
Liligren is rounding out nicely.
Timmins adds an offensive element on the right side, but not physical. He could be the #6, he may not be. I say he is.
Giordano at this point is the #7 guy, who rotates in the lineup for workload management. Can still play, but certainly not 20 minutes a night. It showed in the playoffs. He was schooled.
That right now is the Leafs blueline.
Schenn: plays RD. So, he would be playing where?
Gustaffson is all offense and no defense.
In short: the Leafs really do need a 3rd pairing LD..... that can play.
We can go over the lack of offense in the FLA series, but Championships are won with defense. The Leafs need to be grittier there. They are not.