Quoting: palhal
My modesty and my sixty five year old legs tell that I shouldn't be getting top pairing billing. But I might be better value at 700,000 than the incessant trades I see on CF that for so many RHDs to the Leafs.
That's for reading my post and acknowledging the silliness of my comment, but I thought the trade posted was equally unreasonable.
Just a comment on the Leafs this year. Yea I know so many think they have a horrible defence and maybe even a bad team.
Going into the season due to cap reasons, the Leafs went into the season with weaker defence than last year. I wrote on Sept 3rd, I thought the Leafs would be fighting just to get a playoff spot.
So the Leafs started the year with Dermot and Hyman injured plus the worse coach in the NHL. Later injuries to Johnsson, Tavares, Marner, Mikheyvov, Muzzin, Reilly, Andersen, Johnsson again. Somer real guy keys. So IMO I think they have hung in there really well, still in playoff contention.
Just add to your comment above. Agree that "side" of defence is overemphasized on this site. But it's really the Leafs lineup so many talk about, not the other teams.