Conclusion
The Toronto Maple Leafs had quite the offseason. They were able to fill their weaknesses, add to their strengths and were able to assemble their roster while staying under the flat cap of $81.5 million.
The blue line looks to be in the best shape that it’s been in years with the addition of Brodie, who’s with the team for the long term and Bogosian who brings Stanley Cup experience.
A veteran was added in Thornton who will provide the Toronto Maple Leafs a true leader and mentor in the locker room. As goaltending depth was a problem for the past few seasons, the Leafs have tremendous goaltending depth as they signed two goalies with experience playing at the NHL level.
If you combine all the grades I gave out together, you can tell that the Toronto Maple Leafs had a great offseason. Here are all the grades given out by their letter range:
A: 5
B: 5
C: 4
D: 1
Of the 15 moves they did, 10 got a grade of B- or better while only one move, the signing of Sabourin was given a D. Not one move was given a grade of F.
What an offseason for the Maple Leafs.