It's not the point that it's Colton Orr and Frazier McLaren. Idk how many times I have to say this. The Leafs don't have anyone else that could have produced that toughness that those two bring. And people around the league know who these two are. The fact they put up barely any points, on barely any minutes doesn't mean anything. The team is awful, Orr and McLaren would help the team play a little bit more respectable not like a bunch of little scared rats all season.
(shrug). maybe. maybe not.
again. I am not adverse for having physicality on the team. Orr and McLaren were on the team last year and all of this stuff how they would have made people accountable etc, wasn't present last year. AND they didn't provide any points. so I'm not really getting how this season it was going to be better.
Sure - maybe they would have done something when Thornton shot the puck at Phaneuf. Maybe they would have done something when Staal shot the puck at Phaneuf. Or it could have been like all the other times, where the other team simply ignored them, like what happened the majority of the season before, when most teams realised (and stated) that they weren't going to engage those two because the Leafs got off on it. Which neutralised them. Which made them moot.
Now I could be wrong, and if I am I stand corrected. but I personally - did not see it last year, so I don't get how those two would have made the team play better this year. We
hope that would have been the case, but (shrug) meh.
Now. I would imagine they would address this during the off season and further on during the rebuild - but I don't think they are going to get players whose only job is to hold people accountable. I would assume they would get players who are physical and hold people accountable
and can also contribute point wise, etc within the line up.