Trevor Moore is what Kerfort was supposed to be. I don't want to even mention Connor Brown but I will. And, of course, Kadri.
None of those 3 should see another game in a Leaf sweater. Include Simmonds on that list. It's still boggles my mind what Kerfoot was thinking going into the corner battling with Hedman when you're a man short. Holl advanced stats look good, but those don't into consideration bonehead plays he's prone to. Simmonds inexplicably took two penalties after the whistle that in a short playoff series make zero sense. Bonehead defines his play as well. Take these things out of our game, and we'd be saying what a great team we have, including management.
Why would you assume that they will lose on a Nylander deal? That isn't likely unless the club fixates on a 1 for 1 trade at a position of greater need. You trade him for the best possible return from the club that has the biggest need for him. What you do with the pieces and new cap space is the next step and they have other assets to put into the mix to get the player(s) they most want to add. If it comes down to it quality scoring wingers are the easiest to add UFA in any year although more likely to be Toffoli caliber than Willie.
I think the playoff showed the lack of depth from the bottom two lines. That's where the series was lost, IMO.
Those are the prices you pay to get immediate help. We needed to move Zaitsiev contract we had to give up Connor Brown.
Probably he shouldn't.
I kinda believe they gave away a lot mo(o)re than they got. Both Moore and Brown are on the top line. We got an average BU goalie.
Not 'had to', chose to.
Right now Mrazek is the teams #1 with Kallgren backing up.
That’s fair way to look at it. I think they leafs had to get a back up at that point in the season when they got Campbell. They choose to give up Moore. It is what it is at this point. We can argue about the Brown one as well. It all comes back to the money the core 4 was given and how tight our cap situation was in making these decisions.
