Darren Dreger says the Leafs are looking to make player for player type moves: Leafs Morning Take
They looked better on Saturday night in Chicago, but ultimately, they didn’t get the job done.
Once again, it was a few of costly defensive mistakes that did the Maple Leafs in.
Toronto’s winless skid is up to five games (0-4-1) with the St. Louis Blues set to invade Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night.
We kicked off the Monday edition of Leafs Morning Take by dissecting the Brandon Carlo news. The blueliner was placed on IR, Jacob Quillan, who’s had a hot start for the Marlies, was recalled. On Carlo, just get right. If that means missing some time, so be it. He’s had a rough start, so perhaps some time away for a reset could do wonders for his overall game. The blue line depth is being tested severely, but honestly, this could prove to be a blessing in disguise. It’s not like anyone on the backend’s playing particularly well right now anyway.
At any rate, we broke down the 3-2 loss to Chicago on Saturday night a bit, too. Joseph Woll looked solid in his season debut making 29 stops. Easton Cowan looked good, so did Nick Robertson, who’s now notched nine points in his past nine games. Meantime, it was a few blunders that cost the Leafs. It wasn’t their worst outing of the season, but a loss is a loss. Additionally, we talked some William Nylander as well. He extended his personal point streak to 13 games. Incredibly, though, Nylander has failed to register a shot on a goal in back-to-back games for the first time since December 2019.
After that, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger stopped by to pain a picture of what’s happening around the struggling Maple Leafs right now. We hit on everything from Berube’s status to the trade front to the growing list of injured players. Also, Dregs weighed in on the Rasmus Andersson/Calgary noise. In full, the Leafs are open for business. Having said all that, he made it abundantly clear that they realize that they don’t have much to deal right now.
At any rate, make a note to join u for the Tuesday edition of Leafs Morning Take. We’ll offer up a Leafs/Blues preview. Also, TSN’s Jamie McLennan will stop by the show, too.