Look I don't know what to comment on first so here I go on topics I'm getting really tired of.
1. I said this on one of the many "trade Nylander for a 1D" can we please stop trading (insert name hereKadri) for D. The Leafs have spent alot of time building their forward depth more importantly their center depth to trade one of them. How do you trade a guy who is dirt cheap (after signing an extention) that scored 64 goals and 121 pts in the last 2 season who will be playing on the 3rd line has become a shutdown type guy. These are the guys you keep
2. Willy will play center on the powerplay on his strong side, so he is a center!
3. The Buffalo Rasmus Ristolainen suggestion really why would Buffalo do anything to help the Leafs? and visa versa
I'm not sold on the fact that the Leafs D is as bad as everyone thinks! I saw/heard a radio interview from the Good Show and someone was suggesting that the Leafs might play 7 D-men on a regular basis (one of the issues was that Hainsey broke down as the playoffs began, as Babs kept him on the PK for almost all of it). The reasoning is that you have 2 1/2 top lines on this team the 4th line is going to see what 4-6 min per game? What you do is you don't have a 4th line center and your 4th line becomes a rotation of centers (you have the big 3 in JT, AM and NK but you have Willy, Marleau who have played center). You have a 23 person roster with 20 players dressing so you carry 11 forwards 7 D and 2 goalies (2 forwards and 1 d-man in the press box), you can have Reilly, Gardiner, Carrick, Hainsey, Dermott, Holl, Zaitsev mix and match dependent on the situation.