I fully expect Rosen to come up at some point. Sandin is a long shot and so is Lilly. Borgman seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. He really needs to separate himself from the rest of the pack in some way.Grundstrom coming along nicely.
Wonder if Rosen Sandin Borgman Liljegren will get an NHL game this year...
Whenever I watch the Marlies, I get the eerie feeling that Liljegren's been told not to try too much offensively. Watching his draft highlights, I felt like I was watching a young Erik Karlsson. Whenever he hits the Leafs, I hope he is paired with Dermott. I feel like they would have great chemistry.
I think Gordeev will get a contractThe Leafs are gonna have a few ELC's to sign this year. Scott, Durzi and Hollowell are looking like sure-fire signings. Korshkov too if he comes over. Gordeev, McGregor, Joshua and Dzierkals are not looking too likely at this point.
There's no doubting the offensive talent that Lily has. But I do believe they're engraining the defensive side in his game while he's still so young and can learn/develop a lot more. It seems to parallel how Babcock has handled Rielly since coming in.
Learn the defensive side first and be able to handle it in big minutes, then allow him to start using his offensive tools more as he can be trusted more on the defensive side.
Dermott has made everyone look good so far. he's so smart and effective at both ends of the ice. I wish he had an offensively talented partner like Lilly to work withWhenever I watch the Marlies, I get the eerie feeling that Liljegren's been told not to try too much offensively. Watching his draft highlights, I felt like I was watching a young Erik Karlsson. Whenever he hits the Leafs, I hope he is paired with Dermott. I feel like they would have great chemistry.
Dermott has made everyone look good so far. he's so smart and effective at both ends of the ice. I wish he had an offensively talented partner like Lilly to work with
It's probably auto correct but that made me laugh but the D has been good thus farIf Sandin and/or Liljegren could jump into the Leafs lineup in 2019-20 (or even late this year) and have a Dermott-like effect, it would do wonders for this Leafs d-corpse.
Odoganov has been playing better of late though. I didn't mind Holl's game on Thursday either.
It's probably auto correct but that made me laugh but the D has been good thus far
The team defense is much betterI'd downgrade it from good to adequate to boarder line poor personally
The team defense is much better
The Leafs are gonna have a few ELC's to sign this year. Scott, Durzi and Hollowell are looking like sure-fire signings. Korshkov too if he comes over. Gordeev, McGregor, Joshua and Dzierkals are not looking too likely at this point.
Atm I 5hink we ar 6th or 9th in shots against. Big step up from 27th or whatever we were last yearYeah but if you start at a soggy **** sandwich just being a non soggy **** sandwich is better
Atm I 5hink we ar 6th or 9th in shots against. Big step up from 27th or whatever we were last year
Imo Z has been steadily getting better game after game and Mo has taken a huge step both defensively and offensively. Like you I'm meh on gardiner, but he has stabilized from the first couple games. Dermott, well you know I love the kid and if Oz stabalizes his game that would be a boon.We still give up to many high danger chances and the Gardiner Zaitsev pairing hasn't been good enough for the amount of minutes they play
Unless Zaitsev starts to break even were going to struggle defensively
Imo Z has been steadily getting better game after game and Mo has taken a huge step both defensively and offensively. Like you I'm meh on gardiner, but he has stabilized from the first couple games. Dermott, well you know I love the kid and if Oz stabalizes his game that would be a boon.
Patience my young padawan.Rielly is awesome but his partner isn't top pair quality
The second pair will only improve if Zaitsev sorts himself out or Gardiner carries him and Dermott/Ozhiganov are talented but inconsistent
If two of your top 4 are questionable you've got a problem still
Patience my young padawan.
Hainsey has been serviceable an hopefully before long will be moved down the lineup and Oz is still adjusting. Plus the season is still very young.
All this points to promising things whereas last year there were so many holes that it was obvious it would take some time to fix