Daryl

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Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsAug 12 at 11:10
Thread: Post play in round thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Thought the defence played OK to good. Leafs were able to move the puck and weren't trapped in their own zone much. Certainly in that four goal game three "collapse", their were some Dman mistakes.
On course the talk on CapFriendly....for years, is that having any other RHD such as the middling Manson, or Jones for Marner, or somehow Weager is going to change the Leafs fortunes dramatically.</div></div>

I certainly wouldn't use the word "dramatically", but moving two of Kappy/Johnsson/Mikheyev for RHD help should play a major role in solidifying our D. Leafs need a good shut down guy like Josh Manson to really keep our play in our own zone more consistent. Overall though I felt we were pretty solid against Columbus, our offense looked pretty deadly but had a hard time creating grade A scoring chances thanks to Tortorella's boring to watch but effective defensive system. Our defense was okay, and losing Muzzin definitely didn't help. Ultimately we lost because the Jackets scored on some lucky bounces, Korpisalo played like a god, Andersen let in some flukes, and Rielly, Barrie, and Ceci kept make defensive blunders.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug 10 at 8:37
Thread: Full season of Matthews-Tavares-Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_27</b></div><div>The big difference between those 2 lines and Toronto's is:
1. The money the players are being played
2. Toronto has 2 centres. Both those teams lack good centre depth behind they're top lines. (Kadri and Krecji are decent, but they're not the level of Matthews or Tavares)</div></div>

I really don't think you can factor money as reason not to build a line capable of carrying the team. MacK, Landy, Bergeron, and Marchand were all signed at very different times than Marner, Matthews, and JT, hence why they make so much less. Ultimately, I think Keefe has to put out the lineup capable of producing the most goals. Of course if it doesn't work out you can always move Matthews back to 2C and put Domi or Kerfoot on the wing. What I'm saying is, this line is low risk high reward; if it works we win, and if it doesn't work we have alternative options.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug 10 at 8:29
Thread: Full season of Matthews-Tavares-Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_27</b></div><div>Toronto's biggest weakness is defence. You've made their defence equivalent to a slightl a live average AHL defence.

Keeping the big 3 together for an entire season isn't smart. They're paid money to drive play themselves and centres are key. Tavares and Matthews need to play on different lines. Use them together when needed to throw teams off, but you can't keep them like that all year.

&amp; Domi really shouldn't be a centre. Although he'd be a tremendous fit beside Matthews and Marner. Cost is likely gonna be too high to get him from a divisional and historical rival like Montreal. Rather spend the assets on team needs than adding to a strength.</div></div>

I understand your point, but looking at how important Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen and Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak have been to their teams, I think the Leafs could seriously improve with Matthews-Tavares-Marner as the topline.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug 10 at 8:20