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Gardiner is going to take a lot of shit for that game and rightfully so. Fucking shocking performance, honestly one of the worst I've ever seen in a big game from any player ever.
But it's the surrounding pieces that are the real issue.
Polak is shit, Dermott was great when he burst on the scene but didn't have a great series, Hainsey looked every bit of 37 since he came back from injury and Zaitsev has been a shell of himself for months
Top that off with a Morgan Rielly playing bleeding and fucked up and this is what you get
Priority number 1 over the summer has got to be getting some functional right handed defensemen in. Zaitsev, off wing Hainsey and Polak sure as shit isn't going to cut it
Replace Bozak with a new 3C and then just shop RHDs. Do that effectively and the Leafs will be killers next year. Don't, and expect the same shit again next April
But it's the surrounding pieces that are the real issue.
Polak is shit, Dermott was great when he burst on the scene but didn't have a great series, Hainsey looked every bit of 37 since he came back from injury and Zaitsev has been a shell of himself for months
Top that off with a Morgan Rielly playing bleeding and fucked up and this is what you get
Priority number 1 over the summer has got to be getting some functional right handed defensemen in. Zaitsev, off wing Hainsey and Polak sure as shit isn't going to cut it
Replace Bozak with a new 3C and then just shop RHDs. Do that effectively and the Leafs will be killers next year. Don't, and expect the same shit again next April