Who's left? Who can the Maple Leafs sign or trade for? lukefoxjukebox breaks down how Toronto can improve on defence.
defence is neither good enough nor deep enough to win a Stanley Cup.Take that as a criticism of management if you wish, but it’s a fair assessment by the head coach, especially when you consider the excellence of starting goaltender Frederik Andersen and the personnel an already below-average D corps is about to lose.The Leafs surrendered 33.1 shots against per game this season, ranking them 24th overall. No team worse off in this category reached the second round either.
Babcock has said he doesn’t count shots but rather scoring chances. Fine. The Leafs ranked 25th in scoring chances against in the regular season , and only one team that gave up more made the post-season. Toronto also rated 20th in goals allowed in the regular season . That average, too, ballooned in the Boston series, to 3.29. Only one team leakier than Toronto in either the regular or post-season survived. That would be San Jose, which qualified in spite of its goaltending, while the Leafs were a contender because of theirs.
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