Kyle Dubas has 12 forwards and nine defensemen on his current roster, and if we look at the forward group in particular, it appears to be one top-nine winger short, as Anthony Petrielli wrote in his recent notebook:
I am still largely digesting the flurry of activity from the Leafs, but by and large, the group feels a forward short. I can’t get to three proper lines on paper. Ryan O’Reilly can carry a line on his own, but who are his linemates going to be? Alex Kerfoot and Noel Acciari?