Maple Leafs Hotstove · General consensus is down on Treliving’s first deadline. Is it justified? – MLHS Podcast Ep. 61
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Episode Overview
- First impressions on the totality of Brad Treliving’s 2024 trade deadline work and the generally negative reaction online to it from the fan base (1:10)
- The team’s two losses to the Boston Bruins in the past week (3:30)
- The Ilya Lyubushkin acquisition, missing out on Chris Tanev at RD, and Lyubushkin’s play as a Leaf so far (10:45)
- The acquisition of Joel Edmundson, his potential fit/role in Toronto, and whether it made sense to spend the assets to upgrade on Simon Benoit (17:00)
- The addition of Connor Dewar to the depth group at forward and the importance of bringing in penalty-killing help (36:10)
- A run-through of the other reported options on defense and forward that did and didn’t move this deadline (Tanev, Walker, Dumba, Parayko, Trenin, Toffoli) (49:50)
- The onus on the team’s best players to take the next step in the playoffs, and the pessimism in the market/discourse about the Leafs as a deeply flawed team (46:00)