I'm glad I'm not the only person who notices that without an upgrade in D,
the Leafs won't go very deep, into the playoffs.
It looks like we have too many offensive defensemen. Our best physical defensive D
man was Polak. He's now on the Stars, and the Leafs haven't replaced him.
Zaitsev, Reilly, Gardiner, Dermott are all offensive D men. I think we need two
defensive defensemen who won't shy away; going hard into the corners and throwing
bodychecks.
On paper, the offense looks fantastic, being deep at C.
Still, without one or two good, solid defensive D men to take the pressure off Andersen,
it's hard to forsee them going on a deep run.