Petrielli on whether the Leafs‘ lineup stacks up against anybody in the league:
As a regular season team, yes, but as a playoff team, no. They clearly need help on defense. Until they add at least one quality defenseman, I don’t think they are there as a team that can do damage. I think they know that. They have been forthcoming about it. It is kind of incomplete.
For a regular season game in December or January, they are as good as anybody.
Petrielli on whether Chris Tanev changes the conversation about the Leafs‘ blue line entirely:
I don’t know if it would entirely change the math.