Take out Knies and I like it.

And please, please, please come to Toronto Trotz.

Huge overpayment for gio

Trotz is an excellent coach, but I don’t think his system would work for Toronto. He has his team play a defense first style, where they score first then park the bus. It’s a good style as long as you score first, which Toronto can do, but the downside for Toronto is they can’t park the bus. That is as anti Leaf as possible. Besides, for the Leafs, that would be a quick way to be swept in the first round. And for a team that is likely on a doomsday countdown clock, that is not something they need to happen. The countdown is 2 years, at least that’s how I see it. If the Leafs are unable to win a single round by the time Matthews is due for his next contract, I’m not sure if Matthews sticks around. This year was a good sign when they took the game to Tampa. Unless they can build off what they did this year against Tampa, I think Matthews starts chasing a cup elsewhere.

Matthews and Marner are good defensively. That’s a great place to start you have a coach like Trotz

It’s a good start, but you can’t just have 2 out of the 12 forwards be good defensively to be successful.