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Toronto Maple Leafs Roundtable: Grading The Leafs Trade Deadline

By Tim Chiasson

Feb 28, 2017; San Jose, CA, USA; Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock watches the game against the San Jose Sharks in the first period at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 28, 2017; San Jose, CA, USA; Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock watches the game against the San Jose Sharks in the first period at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 30, 2013; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello speaks on the phone during the 2013 NHL Draft at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports /

Tim Chiasson’s Grade

Grade: C-

The Leafs get a C- from me because they didn’t do what they should have done.

Roman Polak and Matt Hunwick are still on the roster and I find it hard to believe there wasn’t at least one deal out there for them. Even a 5th round pick would have been good.

Defense was the Leafs biggest need heading into the deadline and they didn’t address it. The Boyle acquisition filled a need, and that’s fine, but by itself it’s a poor move.

Essentially what the Leafs did was trade Corrado and 2nd round pick for a rental player, a defender for the Marlies, a bad forward with term and a 4th round pick. That’s not a win.

Don’t buy into the theories about the expansion draft, either. Toronto will still have to expose kids with or without Fehr. That move brings no real benefit for that draft. It’s a cop-out for not admitting it’s a bad deadline.

It’s time to send Lamoriello out to the pasture and hand this team over to someone who doesn’t live in the past. Someone who is willing to force Babcock to play his best players by dealing bad veterans that the super-coach loves.

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