Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Nick Robertson #16 of the Peterborough Petes (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a bit of a pickle.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have taken a team that was among the two or three best rosters in the NHL, and they have added an elite top-pairing defenseman who was, by total contribution, better than 87% of defensemen last season. Everything else they did this “summer” is window-dressing.
T.J Brodie is a massive add, and the Leafs lost nothing. Andreas Johnsson contributed nothing last season due to injury, and Kasperi Kapanen’s performance was that of a struggling AHL player being asked to play too high up the lineup.