Bloody Brian Burke
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After the break, the Leafs' schedule is rather favourable especially considering the road success they're having - games in Dallas, St. Louis, Boston and Brooklyn should be games the Leafs believe they can win with confidence.
Considering that they play those same teams at home in the same span of time swapping the B's for the Sabres, there's no reason to believe the Leafs aren't going to be in a similar position they are in now by the time they put Tobasco in net against his former team on Feb. 15th and get slaughtered.
That game will happen about 2 weeks before the deadline, and the Leafs and Blues brass will have been in the same barn twice between now and then. If this is how things are going, and the Blues are indeed listening on Shattenkirk, there's no reason at all the Leafs shouldn't be trying to get him while they can and signing him long-term. It's worth it - the team has shown no reason to not believe they could win a round or even more in the playoffs this season and moving forward having him gives them a pretty damn good top 4 to go along with a goalie who looks like he's perfectly capable of the workload he's getting.
Considering that they play those same teams at home in the same span of time swapping the B's for the Sabres, there's no reason to believe the Leafs aren't going to be in a similar position they are in now by the time they put Tobasco in net against his former team on Feb. 15th and get slaughtered.
That game will happen about 2 weeks before the deadline, and the Leafs and Blues brass will have been in the same barn twice between now and then. If this is how things are going, and the Blues are indeed listening on Shattenkirk, there's no reason at all the Leafs shouldn't be trying to get him while they can and signing him long-term. It's worth it - the team has shown no reason to not believe they could win a round or even more in the playoffs this season and moving forward having him gives them a pretty damn good top 4 to go along with a goalie who looks like he's perfectly capable of the workload he's getting.