MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
if we respond to getting run around the rink every game by adding fucking zadorov it's fucking ridiculous.
If Zadorov replaces Klingberg, is it really a bad thing?
Dude is fine as a sheltered 3rd pairing defender.
if we respond to getting run around the rink every game by adding fucking zadorov it's fucking ridiculous.
Zadorov is a solid player though. Not the top pairing guy they need sure.
Their biggest problem this year definitely isn’t a lack of toughness.
Calgary apparently so stacked at defense every year but are never better than the leafs defensively.
Last 2+ seasons combined
GA/60
Toronto 2.34
Calgary 2.35
xGA/60
Toronto: 2.34
Calgary 2.27
If we're looking for defenders, we could do worse than targetting defenders on a team that has been our defensive equal over the last 3 years.
Flames will look to find better than .880 goaltending before blowing it up, IMO
If they're way out of the playoffs near the deadline they'd be wise to trade some of their pending UFAs, especially an aging one like Tanev. Maybe they keep Hanifin and Weegar though, yeah.Flames will look to find better than .880 goaltending before blowing it up, IMO
Their .880 goaltending is making a pile of money the next few years though, while free agency and aging curves are going to blow the rest up for them.
I don't get how adding the worst dman on an equal defensive team makes us better.
If they're way out of the playoffs near the deadline they'd be wise to trade some of their pending UFAs, especially an aging one like Tanev. Maybe they keep Hanifin and Weegar though, yeah.
Zadorov does ok on tissue soft usage. Leafs already have Timmins and Gio that could excel in that role so idk if it's worthwhile at all.
I think most discussion here is based on the possibility that Calgary is out of it by the deadline and decides to clean house or at least trade their pending UFAs. Long way, as you say, so no one is 100% sure they're gonna do it but it's a pretty picture perfect fit of a trading partner from the Leafs perspective so it's exciting to discuss.Yeah...I mean, it's a long way to the deadline. If they're still dwelling in the cellar, I could see all of those guys on the move