Dangles McGavin
RIP Lounge
I've been thinking about this over the past couple days.
If Phil Kessel makes it clear that he is not going to re-sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs, where does it leave the team? Are we still playoff contenders? Are we really in as much trouble as most teams would be after losing their best player (taking our depth into consideration)?
Without Phil, our forward group looks like this*:
JVR - Bozak - XXXX
Lupul - Kadri - Clarkson
Kulemin - Bolland - Ashton
Orr - McClement - Maclaren
*: assuming everyone else re-signs
With our lack of top-tier forward prospects, we have no way to internally fill the void. Essentially, we'd need to get back some young fire-power in a trade-deadline deal.
So, 2 questions for discussion:
1. How good/bad would the Toronto Maple Leafs be minus Phil the Thrill?
2. What would you be looking for in a deadline trade?
If Phil Kessel makes it clear that he is not going to re-sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs, where does it leave the team? Are we still playoff contenders? Are we really in as much trouble as most teams would be after losing their best player (taking our depth into consideration)?
Without Phil, our forward group looks like this*:
JVR - Bozak - XXXX
Lupul - Kadri - Clarkson
Kulemin - Bolland - Ashton
Orr - McClement - Maclaren
*: assuming everyone else re-signs
With our lack of top-tier forward prospects, we have no way to internally fill the void. Essentially, we'd need to get back some young fire-power in a trade-deadline deal.
So, 2 questions for discussion:
1. How good/bad would the Toronto Maple Leafs be minus Phil the Thrill?
2. What would you be looking for in a deadline trade?