Habs Halifax
Loyal Habs Fan
If we can sign Nylander, all 4 lines will be stronger. You have AM, JT, Naz and Lindhom as 4 centers. Leafs would love to have a defense like Nashville, but that's not going to happen. Our strength is Offense. Also, I am really high on Sandin, not so sure about Liljeren. We could sign Hainsey in one year deal and give the younger guys time to settle. Dermott is also becoming a good option. Babcock isn't giving him any pp time and he is playing in penalty kill. He is learning and I think he will be a top 4 defense man, look at Rielly's numbers in 2016-17 (27 points and was -20). Babcock didn't give him any powerplay and killed penaties to focus on his defense. So as Leafs fan we know what Dermott is going through and I think he will round out as a good defense man, definitely not close to Reilly.
The leafs have allowed 15 less goals this year vs last year after 15 games. Definitely off to a better start defensibly.