Let me talk briefly about the Conor Timmins trade. Theoretically, it was a no-brainer for the Leafs. They had the ability to fit a right-handed defenseman with former promise that the GM presumably knows from junior, as well as their good young LD in Sandin. While there is no guarantee Timmins can be anything, it’s a decent chance there’s something there. And for the return of a long shot AHL forward like Douglas, it’s basically a free trade.
Now I know some think Douglas could Marchment his way into the NHL, but to that I would say Marchment was so much farther along in the AHL at 22, and he was scoring in every way possible, whereas Douglas mostly gets by on bad defensive coverage in front of the net and bad rebounds.