On the Leafs‘ blue line and defensive play through six games:
When was the last time the Leafs had two pairings that you genuinely trusted at even-strength? You are going to have a bad night here or there, but that Rielly-Brodie pairing has been playing really well. Brodie has impressed me defensively. My biggest concern, when I heard he was playing with Rielly, was whether it is a pairing you can trust in its own zone and if it was going to be able to take away passes through the middle of the ice or take away the front of the net.