This

you do realize they have to play defence also right?
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

Their D looks fine.

I love when people say the Leafs screwed everything up by signing JT, because it's the most desperately stupid thing ever said on HB. Every team in the league would have signed him.
- Zezel

Yup. And the funny thing is, they kept everyone they wanted to.

JT is a franchise centre. And he could have made 2 million more per with other teams.

JFJ is struggling to find fault with the great Dubas so he dug way down and came up with that one.
- shack67

Should have kept 80 year-old Lou.

Should have kept 80 year-old Lou.
- RogerRoeper

The guy who wouldn't give Lehner term at 5 million but then gives it to a worse and injury prone goalie Varlamov.

Man am I ever happy we don't have Lou any more

Should have kept 80 year-old Lou.
- RogerRoeper

Leafs.

Best player: Tavares
Best scorer: Matthews
Best playmaker: Marner
Best Dman: Rielly
Most underrated: Johnsson
Most overrated: Barrie
Best prospect: Sandin

Leafs.

Best player: Tavares
Best scorer: Matthews
Best playmaker: Marner
Best Dman: Rielly
Most underrated: Johnsson
Most overrated: Barrie
Best prospect: Sandin
- Arctic_AARDVARK

Most selfish:
Most scared:
Most inconsistent:
Best cornrows:

Most selfish:
Most scared:
Most inconsistent:
Best cornrows:
- mr.sir

Kap
Willy
Muzzin
Dermott

Kap
Willy
Muzzin
Dermott
- Arctic_AARDVARK

1/4

1/4
- mr.sir

It’s not open to debate.

Most selfish: Mariner
Most scared: Mehlander
Most inconsistent: Buston Glasshews
Best cornhole: Your mom
- mr.sir

- .HOHO.

2/4

I really like their defence. Can’t wait to start the season with muzzin and Barrie. If someone had told me last year that we would have those 2 players to start the 19/20 season I would have thought it would be impossible.
In Dubas I trust.
- shack67

gardiner out, barrie in. zaitsev out, ceci in. and you like this? freddy anderson is gonna need 2 water bottles on his net next season.

gardiner out, barrie in. zaitsev out, ceci in. and you like this? freddy anderson is gonna need 2 water bottles on his net next season.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

thank god clarkson is back

Their D looks fine.
- RogerRoeper

the d is poop.

gardiner out, barrie in. zaitsev out, ceci in. and you like this? freddy anderson is gonna need 2 water bottles on his net next season.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

I concur.

Everyone who’s excited about Barrie probably never actually watched him play.

thank god clarkson is back
- daeth

nice

I concur.

Everyone who’s excited about Barrie probably never actually watched him play.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

He is going to play so might as well be optimistic about it. Cant change it now.

gardiner out, barrie in. zaitsev out, ceci in. and you like this? freddy anderson is gonna need 2 water bottles on his net next season.
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

Barrie is better than Gardiner and is a RH. That's an upgrade.

Ceci and Zaitsev are a wash. Ceci's signed to 1 year, cap move.

So slight upgrade on D from last year if you go by additions.

Take out Hainsey now?

Signficant upgrades on D.

He is going to play so might as well be optimistic about it. Cant change it now.
- Aaron_85

True enough.

Of the 2 Stone would make the most sense. He's a stay-at-home guy, blocks a lot of shots and lays the body. He also can be nasty in front of the net and is bigger. Would be a reasonable 3rd pairing guy at a cheap price.
- aminnes

Christ sakes do you even watch hockey?

Our D is so underrated. Rielly/Barrie/Muzzin are a terrific top 3.

Hainsey hurt the team a lot and we'll see it. If he could have been a 3rd pairing guy, he would have been fine. But he was used so much. I have no idea how Rielly wasn't a Norris finalist with his numbers and D partner.

There are guys like Marleau and Hainsey that are huge additions by subtraction. Marleau took minutes away from far better players last season. Hainsey is just not close to the top 3 we have now.

If you look at advanced stats, Dubas removed the weakest links throghout the team.
- RogerRoeper

Exactly. And all the while fixed the cap issues.

But yet you'll still see goof here saying "what did he really do"

you do realize they have to play defence also right?
- LeafnsNxt2Godlyns

Do they?

Agreed. Nylander haters in particular are going to eat poop through a straw.
- Zezel

Oh man it Nylander has a good season, there is going to be a lot of upset Leaf fans.