During last season at one point Marner missed 11 games and Tavares missed 7 games. Plus there was injuries to Rielly, Andersen, Muzzin, Ceci, Mikheyev, Kerfoot, and Johnsson who all missed games. Finally at the start of last season they were already without Hyman and Dermott who had offseason surgery.
Well every team has injuries and Leafs had their share but for the Leafs to be "completely decimated " would mean Tavares, Matthews, Marner Reilley and Anderson would all be out at the same time. Once again Dekes For Days exaggerates the point to put the Leafs management in the best light.
When Rielly and Muzzin were injured and out of the lineup at the same time counts for their blue line being completely decimated.
Without a doubt not all injuries are equal in impact. However when Toronto had to rely more on Cody Ceci and he also gets injured and misses 14 games, that's when you know a team is having bad luck with injuries.
Yes it's an overstatement. Subjective or not most normal people would say it implies that many of the team's top players would be out at the same time. Sort of like in football this year when Denver's top 3 QBs were out for the same game due to Covid.
Not quite. I think in the 18-19 season the Bruins played a number of games with 4 of their top 5 D men out of the lineup. That's completely decimated.
The Bruins still had their top line of Bergeron, Marchand, and Pastrnak to make up for that. If the injuries to their Defenseman was that bad shouldn't Toronto have passed them and finished 2nd in the Atlantic during the 2018-19 Season? So it's a completely situation compared to the Leafs injuries from last season.
Marincin did have a game winning goal last season against Vancouver so it's not completley true.
Marincin did have a game winning goal last season against Vancouver so it's not completley true.
There is no case anymore. It has been closed- The Leafs made the playoffs. They won their last game.
I kind of wish Dubas would have brought Schenn back as a #5 or #6 Defenseman, because there would have been less pressure on him compared to his first three seasons when he played in Toronto.And it was a beauty. Kind of reminds me of another great ex-Leaf dman:
