Based on the fact Kessel is one of the top producing players in the NHL regardless of who faces the toughest comp and one season where Bozak played well in 40 games doesn't change the fact we still missed the playoffs with him as our top center again. What we need is Grabs on our 3rd line facing the best comp and Kadri having a good season to have any chance of the post season. You can argue that if you like, but the only playoffs Bozak has ever seen has had that scenario, not one where he faced the best comp.
Grabo is not the solution in the 3 spot, sorry but you can't afford to pay 3rd line players 5+ million, especially when you already have one on the wing. There are a lot more holes then signing a guy like Grabo to come in and be your 3rd line centre.
The problem with Toronto was no secondary scoring, the 1st line was leaned on too much to produce all the offense. When that went cold the second line failed to deliver any kind of relief.
The third line had next to no impact at either end of the ice and the 4th line was pretty much useless. That is not saying there weren't some use full players on the team from lines 2-4 because there was, just not consistently enough to make any real impact.
The only bright spot last season was the goaltending. And the wheels even fell of that cart towards the end of the season because of how piss poor the team in front of them were playing.
