With the Trade Deadline Near, Maple Leafs Focus on the 4th Line

The most recent 32 Thoughts has a lot to digest, a lot about the Leafs, and you should read the entire original, not just whatever someone else excerpts out for you.

It’s not mind-numbing, but it is the sort of thing that can be rapidly irrelevant as trades are made and everything changes. The one thing that never changes in Toronto is that the fourth line is an unfinished project. And here we are again, with the Leafs having legitimate needs, not for optional extras, but for day-to-day players at sub-10 minutes per night.

6. Toronto is also looking at fourth-line changes. They were committed to getting Simmonds to 1,000 games and, as a long-time Spezza fan, I’d love to see him get the 10…