Jake Muzzin is vital to the Toronto Maple Leafs defense; heck, he is the Leafs defense.
Sure, Reilly is the better player, but Morgan’s qualities are more easily interchangeable with what the Buds have to plug the hole when he’s not dressed. The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t have an answer for when Jack Muzzin is out of the lineup.
What Jake Muzzin brings to the table, nobody on the Leafs D has what it takes to replicate.
Therefore he is their most important player.
Jake Muzzin and the Toronto Maple Leafs
Since being acquired from the Kings, Jake Muzzin has been vital to stability for an overloaded, high-performance team.