17 Feb 2020 07:28:32
Nylander and Barrie (They can flip Barrie)

For

Kane and Dillon (Sandin and Dermott can play on there off side, Sandin can play the PP as well)

Those loses against Florida and Buffalo. Leafs are fundamentally flawed.
That pairing of Dermott and Barrie can't go on.

1.) 17 Feb 2020
17 Feb 2020 10:02:27
I don't see the pairing as the issue. I see Barrie as the issue.

Sandin makes some absolutely atrocious plays in his own end. He does 19 year old thing. He has a bright future and talent but he isn't ready for 20 minutes a night or first PP if it can be helped.

2.) 17 Feb 2020
17 Feb 2020 16:55:03
I would actually like to see sandin get some 1 pp. It's a pretty safe spot to develop that role. 1 ok not so much.

3.) 18 Feb 2020
18 Feb 2020 00:16:00
Sandin is only 19 and not ready for top 4 minutes or #1 PP. he and Liljegren are not ready for anything more then what they are getting right now. They are making to many mistakes right now, mostly Sandin, Liljegren is more patient and plays a safe game and that’s what we need right now from those two, just play it safe, don’t try to do to much. I think that maybe Sandin is reading some of the social media stuff and he’s believing that he’s more ready, and better then he actually is at the moment and time.

That just isn’t the case. Rielly is our best D man when fully healthy, unfortunately he hasn’t been healthy thus season very much at all. He had been playing hurt, but he us our best D man, then it’s Muzzin followed by Dermott then it’s the two kiddies, but only in limited usage, Sandin may be overused as is already. He needs to just quiet his game down and he’ll do better.

If the Leafs could get two D men heading into the playoffs and down the stretch I would be much happier. I don’t see how the Leafs fit Savard under the cap next season if they could get him and Manson, but if in one if those two trades Barrie headed out the other way, thus season, it would be nice to get those two, and once Rielly returns that gives us the 1st pairing of Rielly and Manson, a 2nd pairing of Holl and Muzzin and to round it out the two kids can switch in and out with Dermott on the 3rd pairing.

This would give the boys experience before the playoffs begin and thus would really help the team out greatly in case if an injury. Go Leafs Go.

4.) 18 Feb 2020
18 Feb 2020 00:45:58
I would like to see Dermott make the switch to RHD. That would solve so many problems for the Leafs. It really would. Then it doesn’t matter what happens to Barrie. He can just go away. Holl/ Dermott/ Liljegren is a pretty damn good right side defense.