The Toronto Maple Leafs need to trade for a top-four defenseman immediately.
If you watched the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, it was clear that the team’s defense wasn’t ready for that match-up. Morgan Rielly and T.J. Brodie played fine, but Rasmus Sandin, Timothy Liljegren, Travis Dermott and Alex Biega were not up for the task.
When you’re sheltered on the third-pair, you can get away with a few mistakes that won’t cost you. However, when you’re playing against the other team’s top-players, that’s not going to happen.
The Rangers third goal was the result of Liljegren being too cute.