OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 15: TJ Brodie #78 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on January 15, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs have one of the best blue-lines in the NHL.
It wasn’t long ago when you couldn’t say that without laughing. The Toronto Maple Leafs, in recent years, have brought us such atrocities as “Ron Hainsey on the top line in the playoffs,” and “Ron Hainsey and Nikita Zaitsev as half of the top-four.” Other misfires include Roman Polak, Cody Ceci (again, on the top pairing) and Igor Ozhiganov (over Justin Holl).