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LeBrun: TSN insider trading Keep an eye on Gourde as a fit for the Leafs if they don't land Schenn or Laughton.

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FerrisRox said:
I think the Leafs weaknesses are a lack of secondary scoring, a defenseman that could be utilized as a legit shooting threat on the power play and size and toughness in the forward ranks that would make them more difficult to play against and a team that can physically wear down their opponents.

Laughton isn't even a centre, so I can't even understand why the would even bother. He also's not a legit scoring threat that's going to move the needle and he doesn't bring size or strength.

Gourde is under-sized, weak and his days as depth scorer have passed particularly when you factor in that in moving to the Leafs, he'd be dropping down to a bottom six situation with very little support scorers around him. I don't see the point in bothering with Gourde at this point.

I like what Brayden Schenn brings to the Maple Leafs. I think he could add that depth scoring, I think he would be a huge boost to the leadership group in Toronto, he would definitely upgrade the physicality of the forward group and I like his two-way game. He is clearly the best of these three options (in fact, he's the only choice, in my opinion as the other two don't move the needle at all) but I'm not really excited about the idea of Schenn until 2028. I've only seen him play a handful of games this year - so this is certainly not a qualified take - but I find his speed is definitely a notch down from where it was a few years ago and that definitely was a big part of what made him special both offensively and defensively so I'd be wary of acquiring him for his age 34, 35 and 36 seasons.
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I agree to a point but if they win a championship It's all worth it.

It's time for the Leafs "Kawai trade" It's time to push your chips in the Middle.
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
I agree to a point but if they win a championship It's all worth it.

It's time for the Leafs "Kawai trade" It's time to push your chips in the Middle.
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It may very well be time of the Leafs "Khwai" trade, but Brayden Schenn is nothing like Khwai Leonard.

HockeyVirus said:
I don't think the Leafs weakness is physicality at all. They have a lot of pieces that play a heavy game all over the lineup. I'm honestly sick of hearing about that aspect of the game from fans. They need scoring, straight up. The other pieces are nice to haves.

They haven't been losing in the playoffs because of anything other than inability to score on the PP and 5v5 and shaky goaltending. One of those things is fixed. The other is as much of an issue as it has ever been.
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We can agree to disagree because I absolutely think the Leafs have lost in the post-season (multiple times) because they are way too easy to play against and too many important players clearly don't like the increased physicality of post-season hockey.

Big strong teams wear their opponents down over the course of a 7-game series and the Maple Leafs are repeatedly on the wrong side of that. They get pushed around, and they need to be the team that does the pushing, or, at the very least, they need to be capable of pushing back.
 
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FerrisRox said:
We can agree to disagree because I absolutely think the Leafs have lost in the post-season (multiple times) because they are way too easy to play against and too many important players clearly don't like the increased physicality of post-season hockey.

Big strong teams wear their opponents down over the course of a 7-game series and the Maple Leafs are repeatedly on the wrong side of that. They get pushed around, and they need to be the team that does the pushing, or, at the very least, they need to be capable of pushing back.
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Leafs haven't been on the wrong side of that in at least 3 years. Well, I guess the Panthers series I will concede (and the Leafs were missing Knies who is a huge part of that) but the Panthers were better than every other team in that regard during that time so I don't exactly take that as evidence the Leafs are constantly losing the physicality battle.. They bullied Tampa and they bullied the Bruins
 
HockeyVirus said:
It's objective facts.
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...yup...that ONE Series win tells the Tale... :biglaugh:


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