Quoting: PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood
Holl had a very good season alongside Muzzin playing against the oppositions best every night with mainly defensive zone starts. If he is exactly that the Leafs top 4 is solid and potentially fantastic if Rielly bounces back, and considering he will have a good partner for the first time in his career I'd say health permitting he could be in the Norris conversation again. Having Dermott/Lehtonen/Bogosian riding the 3rd pair has the potential to he excellent as well. Dermott has been way above average as a 3rd pair guy so far in his career and Lehtonen was the best defenceman outside the NHL the past 2 years. Bogosian played good minutes on the way to a cup in Tampa. Manson legit sucks
1. You could put Edmundson beside Muzzin and he would look very good. Muzzin is a lot like Petry, he makes players around him look better.
2. Reilly should have a bounce back year (hopefully, I like him)
3. I like Lehtonen as well I think he could actually move up the lineup easily. If he can play the right side then even better as Holl can move back and the D will be that much better. If not he can move up in an injury scenario, win win.
4. Having Dermott as a 7th D means that the LHD is really solid. And like I said before Bogosian is a great 3 RHD.
5. I only said Manson cause a ton of Leafs ACGM's were trading for him like 2 weeks ago. Manson is not crap but if that is your view of him then you could put whoever you want there. The point is no team is ever so happy with their lineup that they stop looking for upgrades.