The rising star of the Toronto Maple Leafs is potentially out until November.
This led to a resounding chorus of takes about how this impacts the Leafs blue-line plans. But that doesn’t make any sense,
Dermott is out for six months, not six years. He is going to miss October, something most players would probably do if they could. It won’t really have an impact on the Leafs roster construction because he won’t miss any significant games.
Like, why on earth would they alter their plans just to cover a month of (mostly) meaningless games?
I get the feeling that people are really concerned with the Toronto Maple Leafs blue-line, but it’s in good shape, and will be a strength of the team.