Well, 7 games into the Perreault trade I have two more things to add to the list:
- The supposed depth on the Leafs defense is gone when they need it most.
- The Leafs knowingly traded Bell and a 2nd rounder for damaged goods.
If there's one-lesson to be learned from last year's playoffs it's that there's no such thing as having too many defense ( eg., Buffalo).
Now with injuries to Kaberle and Colaiacovo the Leafs had to rush back an injured Pavel Kubina and dress Wade Belak. McCabe logged 29 minutes against the Caps and will have to be good to go again Saturday night. I'd much rather have Bell available to fill-in on the blueline right now, but instead we have Perreault and his bum shoulder. Yes, JFJ picked up an injured player for his drive to the playoffs.
So to recap, that's our suddenly much needed depth on defense and a second round pick for this:
| Game | G | A | +/- | Total TOI | PP TOI | PK TOI | |
| at Washington | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:47 | 00:38 | 00:00 | |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:24 | 00:58 | 00:00 | |
| Ottawa | - | - | --- | ---- | Scratched | ---- | |
| at Ottawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 | 2:14 | 00:00 | |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6:51 | 00:45 | 00:00 | |
| Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 | 2:53 | 00:00 | |
| at New Jersey | 0* | 0 | -1 | 13:38 | 4:16 | 00:00 |
Dressed for six out of seven games, one goal, no assists, -1, average 09:47 ice time per game with no ice time killing penalty and 1:40 per game on the powerplay.
Wow. Nice work JFJ!
