Over the past week or so, an idea that’s been kicked around is acquiring Wayne Simmonds as a rental. It was discussed on Sportsnet, as well as other parts of the blogosphere. It’s something that sounds appealing in principle. Simmonds is a heart and soul player hailing from the GTA, but he can actually play. He plays a style that the Leafs don’t have much of, and one can easily be convinced that a team lacking ‘toughness’ could use a Wayne Simmonds on their team.
The problem is, Wayne Simmonds isn’t who you remember.