biturbo19
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- Jul 13, 2010
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I like the way Carlo plugs in to the Leafs defence. When healthy, they've got a pretty well balanced group now. If you were drawing up a partner for Rielly, it'd probably look fairly close to what Carlo can be.
They've got some old, and injury plagued guys though. Between Tanev's documented litany of injuries, OEL being none too far removed from looking hopeless after an injury and not getting any younger, and now adding Carlo who seems to go through cycles of being injured, playing poorly, and working his way back into form only to end up injured again.
But on paper at least, this is a great move to basically solidify their Top-4 (really Top-5D with OEL working in there) for a few years. It's not an eye-popping defence corps, but it should be plenty good enough...if the big names up front actually deliver and the goaltending holds up.
Big price to pay, but a big, stay-at-home RHD on a reasonable contract and not half a century old was always going to cost a small fortune. Minten could be a good solid Middle-6 forward for a lot of years, but i'm not sure his "ceiling" is particularly high. And with that pick, we're likely talking about a later 1st a year from now, which is a bit of a crapshoot whether you're even going to get a "for sure" NHL player, much less an impact guy. So shoring up your blueline in a way that you've been looking to do for what seems like ages now, isn't a bad investment for the Leafs.
Boston clearly get some pieces to kick their retool into gear. Also opens up a roster spot to try some other guys in the meantime, see if they can find something else - either externally, or within their own internal collection of players.
They've got some old, and injury plagued guys though. Between Tanev's documented litany of injuries, OEL being none too far removed from looking hopeless after an injury and not getting any younger, and now adding Carlo who seems to go through cycles of being injured, playing poorly, and working his way back into form only to end up injured again.
But on paper at least, this is a great move to basically solidify their Top-4 (really Top-5D with OEL working in there) for a few years. It's not an eye-popping defence corps, but it should be plenty good enough...if the big names up front actually deliver and the goaltending holds up.
Big price to pay, but a big, stay-at-home RHD on a reasonable contract and not half a century old was always going to cost a small fortune. Minten could be a good solid Middle-6 forward for a lot of years, but i'm not sure his "ceiling" is particularly high. And with that pick, we're likely talking about a later 1st a year from now, which is a bit of a crapshoot whether you're even going to get a "for sure" NHL player, much less an impact guy. So shoring up your blueline in a way that you've been looking to do for what seems like ages now, isn't a bad investment for the Leafs.
Boston clearly get some pieces to kick their retool into gear. Also opens up a roster spot to try some other guys in the meantime, see if they can find something else - either externally, or within their own internal collection of players.
