Brad Treliving on his changes to the Maple Leafs’ defense in free agency: “It’s a good blend — some puck movers, some size, some penalty killing, lefties and righties, and [Ekman-Larsson] gives you another option on the power play”

Treliving: To recap, we made some signings today and some re-signings over the last 24 hours. As I said the other day, one of the things we really wanted to focus on today — and not just today, but over the course of the summer — is augmenting our defense. We thought we did that today.

I spoke about the edition of Chris at the draft and what he is going to bring to our group and our room. He is the consummate pro. There is the ability to play hard minutes against top players, and his penalty-killing ability.