BlueForever75
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- Oct 4, 2017
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Respectfully, if one is thinking a D corp of whatever combination:
Rielly: 7 years
Muzzin: grizzled vet
Hainsey: (debatable) 38 year old vet
Zaitzev: still 5 years to go
Oz: 2nd year
Dermott: 1.5 year vet
Rosen: rookie
Hold: please
Marincin: ooooohk
Borgman: 35/40 games?
Sandin: Rookie
Liljgren: Rookie
and you think we've got something going on...oh my.
You can't run 3 vets (Rielly, Muzzin, Hainsey/Zaitsev) and 3 essentially rookies and expect to be good in your own zone.
Rosen prior to his injury was playing all-star quality hockey with the Marlies. Only reason why he wasn't up already was because we had a top 6 that was working and him being able to be in AHL without losing a Marincin or Oz.
If Rosen was healthy he would have been called up already and playing with the Gardiner and Dermott injuries. Rosen definitely is your number 5 dman next season replacing Gardiner on the left side. That is huge for the Leafs cap situation and an upgrade on Gardiner as he is better defensively then Gardiner.
As for Borgman, I also believe his game plays better at the NHL level. Only issue is we have enough LHD (Reilly, Muzzin, Dermott, Rosen) ahead of him. Even shifting Dermott to the right there is no room for Borgman, but he will be the first one up.