If Sandin is so good, why doesn't he just switch handedness?Wishing for the bazillionth time that either Dermott or Sandin were right handed.....
Rielly-Sandin (RHD)
Muzzin-Barrie
Dermott-Liljegren
Done and doner......
If Sandin is so good, why doesn't he just switch handedness?Wishing for the bazillionth time that either Dermott or Sandin were right handed.....
Rielly-Sandin (RHD)
Muzzin-Barrie
Dermott-Liljegren
Done and doner......
I would say Dermott is closer to a core piece than he is to being dealt.
Small defensemen better be offensive defensemen in this league the NHL.
Therefore have to agree with your assessment.
My thinking is he should be traded to upgrade the forwards if required.
The 5th 6th defenseman usually is a revolving door. Dermott has not cemented himself even in that role.
Game 7, who gave up the puck in a pass tape to tape to a Bruin player leading to the opening goal of the game?
Dermott should be a good cost effective option moving forward. A quality middling d-man with lots of room for growth.
Given his injury and recent signing of RFA d-men he should be a pretty cheap player to bridge. Wouldn’t be opposed to trying to lock him down for a bit of term for in $4 mill AAV though
The premise of the thread is what happens if Dermott continues to struggle at playing the right side and Sandin keeps developing way faster than we were expecting.Leafs fans are so irrational at times. Last few years, complaining about not enough high quality Dmen. And now next year when only Reilly, Dermot and I'll say Sandin are guaranteed spots.....suddenly the Leafs have "too many" Dmen.
Fans sometimes become obsessed with handiness. Fact is left handed shooters are 60% of all players, so to expect a team can find three competent right handed Dmen, defies odds. Dermot might be the best candidate to move to the right side next year. Leafs are hoping that within a few years Liljegren, Lindgren, Hollawell, Duszak, Rasemum all RHD are NHL good, so maybe the handiness situation can be resolved internally (though I doubt it)
Muzzy will stay under 5M AAV he knows the programDermott is a lock. Hope he doesn't go anywhere. They'll also lock him up on the cheap, as others have mentioned. Dermott will most likely be replacing Muzzin (as much as I'd like him to stay).
Physical, gritty dmen are often available on the cheap (FA, Europe, KHL, etc). The skilled ones who can skate (Rielly, Sandin, Barrie, Dermott, Liljegren) are often the hard ones to find/acquire. Thankfully Leafs are setup there.
Rielly Dermy and Barrie are all small men. I don't think one of them is 6 ft in reality from my eye balling them without skates on. I have not seen Barrie yet but he looks small too.How is 6'0 205 lbs small for a defenseman?
Rielly Dermy and Barrie are all small men. I don't think one of them is 6 ft in reality from my eye balling them without skates on. I have not seen Barrie yet but he looks small too.
Yeah Morgan has massive legs. His explosion in his stride is something to see in practice. and Dermy is damn quick too. They are both around 6 ft. Morgan is more filled in.Isn't Morgan 6ft1 205? I wouldnt say he is small and he is thick.
Yeah Morgan has massive legs. His explosion in his stride is something to see in practice. and Dermy is damn quick too. They are both around 6 ft. Morgan is more filled in.
I like 3 mobile puck moving D and 3 big strong defenders with decent hands who can do the dirty work and are position ally strong.
Barrie and Rielly and Dermy are very strong puck movers
Muzzy and Ceci can do the defending.
Sandin is a puck mover.
Lily is a better defender.
A lot of what goes down with depend on CAP and where guys are really at.
I think you will see Dermy and Muzzy resign here under 5M.
I hope Barrie does too but I fear he will get 8M+ LT in FA and he should he deserves it. It just won't be with us. So my thinking is to trade him for a 1st rounder which we lost in Marleau deal plus a decent prospect defender type. But I know everyone says no way and I do realize we have tended retain our own UFA's in JVR Bozak and Gards. Do you think we would have looked a little better now with a couple more 1st and 2nds in hand from those guys?
what the actual f
dermott and middling do not belong in the same sentence
Muzzy will stay under 5M AAV he knows the program
If Sandin is so good, why doesn't he just switch handedness?