Monday Afternoon Toronto Maple Leafs: Robertson + News + Standings + Trades

Trades

The trade deadline is just five days away, and I find it hilarious reading all the mainstream stuff preparing fans for a letdown.

Who cares if you get let down? Have some fun! Trade Deadline Time is exciting and what's better if you're a hockey fan than day dreaming about a franchise goalie or a great defenseman joining your favorite team for the cup run?

I don't care if it's likely or not, until 3PM on Friday I'll be looking forward to Juuse Saros and Noah Hanifin joining the Leafs.

If the Leafs management is happy with the Lyubushkin add and don't do anything else, they will all be fired when the team busts out in the playoffs and we come to the end of the Shanaplan (which, by the way, is the worst name for anything).

However, with an addition or two, this team is primed to combine it's awesome core with the luck they are overdue for in the playoffs.

You can't keep running into hot goalies every year, so eventually Matthews is going to take over the NHL Playoffs and it really won't matter who else is on the team.

The odds of that get drastically better however if the Leafs add a goalie, a puck-moving defender and a Max Domi replacement later this week.

But Scott Laughton or Adam Henrique? I can't print the words that those trades bring to mind.