Haha. So true. I'm not at all happy about the trade since it makes Toronto a better team. Muzzin is legit a very good d-man. Not ideal for the Leafs, but good enough to make them appreciably stronger on D. It was a good trade for both teams. Toronto has improved quite a bit since the Bs beat them in the playoffs. The Bs are worse overall. Toronto might not be done adding to the D. If Andersen stays healthy the Leafs are going to be tough to beat come playoff time. If Sweeney doesn't make a trade for a legit top 6 scoring winger the Bs can kiss any chance of a Cup run goodbye. I'm not even sure if they could get by Toronto at this point since Toronto just improved its roster even more, and the Bs have yet to do so.
The Leafs took the Bs to 7 games last year and led going into the third period of game 7. The addition of Tavares is huge. The Bs seem to be able to shut Matthews down well enough, but it will be tougher to shut down an offense in the playoffs that has added Tavares, especially given the great season he is having. Also, Marner looked pretty darn good in the playoffs last season and he is playing even better hockey now than he was last April. We'll have to see how big of an addition Muzzin really is, but I think it's a pretty big deal considering they already have an improved offense, and now they've improved the D with at minimum a top-3 d-man with good offensive skill. Add to all of that the Bs are having even more problems with bottom 6 scoring than they did last year. When I look at all that and realize the Bs barely eeked out the 7 game series in the last period of game 7 last season I get fairly concerned about the Bs chances.
Oh I know. I should have clarified that my response was directed at their concerns.
The thing holding Krug back,is not his size, but the fact that he is below average defensively. Sorry, that fact alone means he's not a #1 D. He's not even close actually. He's probably a top5 offensive defenseman in the league - his offense isn't in question. But defensively, he's probably the least consistently effective regular defenseman on the Bruins.
What's the definition of "metro area"? I've seen that include areas including NH, which is going pretty far out for calling it part of the city.
Muzzin. Way more physical and better offensively. Just the fact he is there playing, will give way more confidence to the entire team.(Sorry didn’t realize you said frame the shutting down part only)
keep in mind the Leafs added a big gun in Tavares so it's
Not sure why you're being so defensive, but I'll have a go...I've been doing this long enough to know the Leafs added Tavares. I'm not a rookie
Again, I'm just delivering the message.
Swinging back to Tavares, I don't think bringing him up has anything to do with the question they (Leafs media) posed. I say that though (I've said this many times) that English is my third language, so I may have misunderstood them.
The thing is you can't just look at the D in a vaccuum. Even if we say for the sake of argument that Muzzin & Carlo cancel each other out, "shutting down the Leafs big guns" has gotten much harder for the Bruins D since last year because they added a hell of a big gun in Tavares.
Isn't that the DKH bug?I've been doing this long enough to know the Leafs added Tavares. I'm not a rookie
Again, I'm just delivering the message.
Swinging back to Tavares, I don't think bringing him up has anything to do with the question they (Leafs media) posed. I say that though (I've said this many times) that English is my third language, so I may have misunderstood them.
lol you brought it up. I assumed you were bringing it up for discussion as this is a place for discussion. I wasn't even debating it with you, simply pointing out how the Muzzin vs Carlo logic is flawed if it ignores Tavares. Wasn't even attributing the point to you, just talking about it, which again I thought was your aim in mentioning it here.
