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Toronto Maple Leafs Roundtable: Most Surprising Off-Season Roster Addition

By Wilbert Timmermans

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 5: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie #94 returns to the dressing room after the second period against the Montreal Canadiens at the Scotiabank Arena on October 5, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 5: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie #94 returns to the dressing room after the second period against the Montreal Canadiens at the Scotiabank Arena on October 5, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a so-so start of the season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs start to the season has been a rollercoaster so far. From being one of the most appraised teams at the start of the season, sounds now have taken a turn down memory lane with classics such as “Toronto needs to trade for a defenseman” and “Is Mike Babcock (still) the right coach for the Leafs?” – Boy, how fast things can change.

Despite the disappointment among some fans and media, the Toronto Maple Leafs start to the season has been better than believed to be.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a 55.23% possession rating, ranking 3rd in the league. Generating positive offensive numbers in shot percentage for with 52.77% (ranking 7th) and an SCF% of 57% (ranking 3rd), things cannot be that bad. (per naturalstattrick).

New Additions

It’s important not to judge the book by its cover, the cover being the Toronto Maple Leafs current record. Toronto welcomed a lot of new faces to their roster over the summer, it’s not at all weird that the team needs time to adjust themselves.

Kyle Dubas gave the third and fourth line a serious makeover, inserting new additions Kerfoot, Mikheyev to the third-line and Shore and Timashov to the fourth-line.

On the blue-line, the Toronto Maple Leafs welcomed Ceci, Barrie and Sandin from training camp. In addition to that, during last season trade deadline, Muzzin was added to the defensive depth.

That’s why for this weeks roundtable the Editor in Leaf writing staff put their heads together to answers the question; “Which new offseason addition has surprised you the most?”

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