Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman recently on The Jeff Marek Show: Team Player or Sore Loser? on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Matt Marchese: “If you look at their roster once they all get healthy, I think we all believe that Jake Muzzin is probably not going to be back this season, so it does open up..”
Friedman: “I would agree with that.”
Marchese: “So, the way their defense is playing right now, I don’t think that that is where the issue is. Do you think they would dare go out and dare I say acquire a top-six winger to play with (John) Tavares and (Mitch) Marner instead of going out to get a defenseman?”
Friedman: “I have actually questioned that myself. I assume it’s a excellent concern. The last time I checked into it, and this was most likely over a month earlier, I certainly obtained the impact it was protection very first and onward later on.
Now, has that transformed? I do not understand however that was the sensation regarding a month, month and a fifty percent earlier.
Marchese: “That was the one concern. I understand that the goaltending and every little thing was clearly top of mind and that’s plainly not a problem and defensively they have actually been great.
I’ve simply constantly questioned, specifically the manner in which they’ve racked up objectives this year, which hasn’t gone to a worrying price …
Where would certainly you rate the top- 6 winger on the value on this group due to the fact that I constantly assumed that this would certainly be a problem reason clearly the Robertson injury does not assistance however I do not assume that they ever before genuinely thought that he was mosting likely to be the man to port in there?
Friedman: “I assume it’s a problem. I assume you can make a actual disagreement that in at the very least a few of these collection they have actually shed, not every one of them however a few of them, that objective racking up was the largest issue.
I understand the goaltending has actually had some issues. I understand that the protection has actually had some issues however I do assume in a few of these collection there have actually been times when they required an added marker.
Marchese: “Like against Montreal.”
Friedman: “Yeah And I have actually questioned if. Timo Meier racked up a objective the various other evening versus Calgary that you would certainly consider him and state, ‘boy, that guy would be a real nice fit on some of those lines.’
But, like I claimed, the last time I checked into it, was certainly provided the impact it was protection initially. We’ll see if it alters.
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