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Sujet: Leafs Offseason 3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>si5137</b></div><div>I think it should be fair to you to say that I am not a Leaf's fan and I do respect your opinion on your team.

As an objective fan - I just see more of the same issues with the structure of this team - an unbalanced, top-heavy team.
But, if the team wants to downgrade in net to pay another winger when the clear need is centre ice, then I am sorry to say it will just be more of the same results.
Especially, when you have Amirov and Robertson, who will find a home there soon enough.

With all due respect to Robertson - I think relying on him to play top line minutes is near-sighted. Anderson could very well kick the doors down, but he is waiver exempt, so why not allow him to continue to develop his game in the AHL - it has been a bizarre 2 seasons due to the pandemic, so some extra time in the AHL and being the first man up in case injury works too.

Coleman will be well sought after and your pitch will fall short to the actual number he will get - If you are looking for someone in the 3 million range Mattias Janmark is your guy - he is a very underrated player, who can play all over the ice, like Coleman.

I also have an issue with moving Spezza back to centre - I would look at Carl Soderburg as a stop-gap and pray that Hallander is ready soon. This move pushes Spezza back to the wing. Also, moving out Holl (when the team needs reliable RHD men) to sign a shot blocker for more $ and putting young Sandin on his off-hand - is a bad move.

Thanks for the banter and the hockey talk</div></div>

Jack Campbell gave an elite performance in the playoffs, after what was a great run for him in the regular season, he seems to be an upgrade if anything. In case of injury you give yourself an elite backup. Robertson I think is best suited for a top 6 role based on his skillset, and he has spent time on the second line in the past, with another year under his belt and playing with incredible talent alongside him I trust him to take on that duty as his brother did. I actually don't love Spezza in the middle but I like the roster and group of guys I put together so if he has to play there sometime he can. Personally I wouldn't see Soderberg as much of an upgrade at this point. The point about Sandin being on his off hand is certainly a good one, but I like Oleksiak on that third pairing a lot as a player who brings what we need, can play the modern game and use his massive frame effectively, I just don't see Holl as reliable, at this point, I'm not his biggest fan and I would pay the extra few hundred thousand if possible for Oleksiak over Holl. I think Janmark has lost that underrated player label, hes become widely talked about after the deadline and his playoff performance, and I think he will get overpaid. As a fan of the team I will tell you it is not a lack of depth, the guys that make this team top-heavy are the ones who disappointed. It is issues within the players internally, the way they choose to play in the playoffs. There is needs but if we could have had our core guys play playoff hockey this team would have easily made it out of the North, maybe even further. Ill leave it at that, even though I disagree with some of it, you gave very good analysis.