I only agree with Reilly. All their other Ds are better than us. Those Ds have a proven track record, ours have none.
That statement works both ways....Our young D may prove to be better in relatively short order.
You are probably somewhat correct but Guhle could pass all of them other than Reilly as soon as this season and Matheson may very well already be better than all of them other than Reilly. A healthy Edmundson is better than most of them as well and Savard is on par or better than Holl, Sandin and Giordano.
I take Montreal's stable of dmen easily over Toronto's in a couple of years....maybe as soon as next season. Reilly is also very overrated as he struggles defensively and his stats are inflated by Mathews, Marner, Tavares and Nylander.
The Habs are far more mobile and far more physical. All of Sandin, Muzzin and Giordano are below average skaters and I expect Brodie to soon enter that category with the beating that he takes. Liljegren is a strong skater and we need to include him as he is hurt right now but I think he is a bottom pairing dman on most good teams as he doesn't have much offence and doesn't play very physical.