Speculation: Toughness and Brad Treliving

[Ianturnedbull]

How likely will Treliving bring in one or two tough guys this season?

Will he build this team with more jam than Dubas used to?

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[Trapper]

How likely will Treliving bring in one or two tough guys this season?

Will he build this team with more jam than Dubas used to?

I certainly hope that toughness is a new requirement in everyone we bring in.
I don’t mean just a Gudas or Simmonds.
Players with skill that play aggressive, north/south and with pace. That should be everyone. I don’t need 1 tough guy like a Reeves per se. Total team.

 

[justashadowof]

As in having someone like Milan Lucic (hopefully for much less money). I believe the defense will be transformed by next summer, perhaps by the trade deadline of this upcoming season into a much different group of defenders. Don't be surprised that only Rielly survives the turnover.

 

[40BayStreet]

We definitely need more team toughness. But adding tough 4th line players isn't going to help. I believe the problem is the top players on this team don't play tough, and therefore it doesn't trickle down throughout the lineup. When the top players on a team play hard, go to the dirty areas, stand up for themselves / teammates, etc.... then it is more likely that the rest of the team will instinctively do it as well. Adding a player like Schenn was great and highly needed because he played with Rielly and was able to provide that presence, but Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Tavares don't have that in their repertoire. Until that aspect gets sorted out no amount of tough guys will help.
But I definitely think Treliving will try and add a few tough guys to this team in order to try and counteract the softness of the core 4.

 

[ULF_55]

None of the poll options.


? - Matthews - marner
Knies - ? - Nylander
Jarnkrok - Tavares - ?
? - ? - Lafferty

? = some grit

Buntings are not what are needed.

Be nice if they could add a top 3 defender with robust grit.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

As in having someone like Milan Lucic (hopefully for much less money). I believe the defense will be transformed by next summer, perhaps by the trade deadline of this upcoming season into a much different group of defenders. Don't be surprised that only Rielly survives the turnover.

Yep that's vibe I got last night ..

 

[Smif]

The way the team responds to tough teams right now is embarrassing, the last time I was proud was against Winnipeg a few years ago in the Canadian division, I don't remember why but we manhandled them in a few games.

 

[ITM]

The Calgary defence of years past seemed bigger, tougher and generally better than ours.

 

[TheDoldrums]

In recent years Dubas filled a lot of the depth with toughness. Don't think the forwards will be very different unless Marner or Nylander are dealt.

 

[Smif]

In recent years Dubas filled a lot of the depth with toughness. Don't think the forwards will be very different unless Marner or Nylander are dealt.

You can't change a team's identity at the deadline, you can add toughness but the identity won't change, it needs to start in training camp and be engrained in the team from the get go.

 

[BallardEra]

Brad "Truculence" Treliving is coming to crack open some craniums!

 

[rumman]

You can't change a team's identity at the deadline, you can add toughness but the identity won't change, it needs to start in training camp and be engrained in the team from the get go.

I'd say redoing everyone around the core every fricken year also has been detrimental to the teams idenity, they're made up of a entitled few and the remainder are misfit toys to be replaced with other misfit toys...........

 

[BallardEra]

You can't change a team's identity at the deadline, you can add toughness but the identity won't change, it needs to start in training camp and be engrained in the team from the get go.

This is precisely why a new coach is needed.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Go watch the Leafs Nation's interview with Lucic that will answer your question

 

[Jozay]

How likely will Treliving bring in one or two tough guys this season?

Will he build this team with more jam than Dubas used to?

Whats your definition of toughness?

 

[ToneDog]

None of the poll options.


? - Matthews - marner
Knies - ? - Nylander
Jarnkrok - Tavares - ?
? - ? - Lafferty

? = some grit

Buntings are not what are needed.

Be nice if they could add a top 3 defender with robust grit.

Hard to find #2C without moving 16 or 88. Best affordable, bang for the buck UFA Cs are Bjugstad, Kampf, Sundvist ???

Bertuzzi, Barbashev, Erne, Lucic, Domi, Nosek, Bunts (23 g) are LW targets IMO.

Mayfield at the right price.

Will be interesting to see how Tre reinvents the D.

I'd say redoing everyone around the core every fricken year also has been detrimental to the teams idenity, they're made up of a entitled few and the remainder are misfit toys to be replaced with other misfit toys...........

How not to build a team - by Kyle Dubas 2018-2023

 

[rumman]

Hard to find #2C without moving 16 or 88. Best affordable, bang for the buck UFA Cs are Bjugstad, Kampf, Sundvist ???

Bertuzzi, Barbashev, Erne, Lucic, Domi, Nosek, Bunts (23 g) are LW targets IMO.

Mayfield at the right price.

Will be interesting to see how Tre reinvents the D.


How not to build a team - by Kyle Dubas 2018-2023

Soon to be a best seller………

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Lucic will be a Leaf, I have very little doubt about that after watching the interview he did.

 

[Duffman955]

Lucic will be a Leaf, I have very little doubt about that after watching the interview he did.

Whos interview? And what part?

 

[Larcos_Unal]

The real question is, is it possible to have LESS toughness on a roster?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Whos interview? And what part?

The Leafs Nation YouTube channel

 

[weems]

Whos interview? And what part?

“You can never rule anything out. Obviously, it’s an Original Six franchise, storied franchise; I’ve had my fair share of rivalries with the team. And now, with Brad Treliving coming in, there’s some familiarity there.”

 

[Dekes For Days]

You can definitely be sure of one thing - there will be a group of people that will claim we're "tougher", and Treliving saved us from the evil bad glasses man, when we stay the exact same level of "toughness" as we are now (which is perfectly normal).

 

[ryno23]

I think Tree is going to change how the Leafs play. He will add a few players who don't mind mixing it up and then tell his star players that it's time to put their big boy pants on and don't shy away from the physical stuff. He will want all players to engage in the hard areas along the board and in front of each net.

In the playoffs, you won't see guys get rag dolled around anymore and this team will stick up for their teammates when they get blown up like Gudas did to Lilly.

I'm not saying they will start to fight but they will be told your grown men playing against other grown men. Stop backing down and get involved.

He will have a D corps that will have at least one guy on each pairing teams will have to keep their heads up when playing against them. If Schenn and McCabe are back that leaves one pairing to fix.

 

[The Iceman]

Lucic said Tree likes a hard team