Arvidsson and PLD will be fine I think, and we know Arvidsson will improve the powerplay.

I actually think the recent call up of ****emo and PLD are going to be fantastic. ****emo is like Kempe-lite, between him and Laffy they should be fine.

Despite what a good number of Avs fans say, Girard is too important to them to move. Take Manson instead (assuming he'd waive the NTC) and maybe.

Girard is truly not an offense first guy. He is a transition first guy. Someday this misconception will die out.
Don't see it as an upgrade at all for the Avs beyond the cap space.

So the leafs lack physical d-men. You trade their second most physical guy for an undersized d-man, Trev would never make that trade.

It's good to be physical. It's also good to be smart and understanding of your role on the team. Also, apart from some open ice hits McCabe doesn't play that physical, especially not in front of the net.

Girard is a 170 pounds, he couldn't move a grade 12 from in front of the net.

He's going to provide offense, something no one else but Rielly can provide on the defense. There are other moves to make to bring in physical defencemen. Someone like Schenn to play with Rielly would be great and a left shot physical defenceman to play with Liljegren on the bottom pair. Benoit and Girard could be the other pair.