Leafs are cup contenders so that is good but leafs have holes and are soft and small and lack physicality and that is the reason to worry with that defense. IMO
A #1Dman and top 6 power forward would go a long way to ease those worries to make them a true contender.
So I ask, what about this team worries you still?
Expectations don't translate to results. It is the burden of responsibility. A love fest doesn't help.I'm worried that this fan base has set their expectations too high for what is still a young, developing team. Already threads about the coach being fired if they don't get past the first round this year, and nonsense of our forwards being able to just run over teams all year long. They are a top 10 team, that's it.....they may not even with their division.
Damned straight. They have a cake walk the whole first monthExpectations. I can only imagine the noise if they stumble out of the gate to start the season...
Tampa exists
Stralman is way better than any RD we have. Dotchin put up decent numbers beside Hedman.
stralman isn't good anymore
their right D is outright putrid
stralman is better than any right side defender the leafs have.stralman isn't good anymore
their right D is outright putrid
The Goalie.We all know this isn't a team of destiny (as much as we wish the opposite were true)
That said, I do see big things coming in the near future for the Leafs organization, but there will always be that nagging feeling in the back of my mind that they'll never win anything, simply because they are the Toronto Maple Leafs. Something always happens.
So I ask, what about this team worries you still?
Babcock continues to upset Matthews to the point that he refuses to sign before reaching rfa.
LOL @ thinking Arizona has the money for a max deal. They can't pay for the electricity in the building without revenue sharing. Notice how they keep acquiring retired players to artifically reach the cap floor? They can't even afford to actually pay the money to be a cap floor team.Babcock continues to upset Matthews to the point that he refuses to sign before reaching rfa. Arizona then offer sheets him to a max term max dollar value contract.
When Bobby Orr was asked about Matthews being upset about maybe not getting the “C”, with the arrival of JT, Orr said that is so untrue and unfair to say. When he was asked about Matthews being upset by Babcock, Orr said lots of players dont like their coach. Easy to figure out whats going on there, since he did not deny that one. So its not media drivel at all.You actually bought into that media drivel?