Dave Poulin: What GM Brad Treliving’s free-agency moves tells us about the Maple Leafs
combined for an egregious turnover on the same play that led to a critical Panthers goal. Sam Bennett, who to that point had finished every possible check in the series, was bearing down on Marner in the neutral zone and he dropped the puck to a handcuffed Matthews. The Panthers capitalized on the turnover and buried the eventual game-winner.
Why drill down on a specific play? It’s the physical superiority that stood out at that point. Florida was coming and everyone knew it. Can a single player change that? No. But a player like Reaves can instil physical confidence in a group, bring others with him, and deliver a counter hit to a key player at a critical time in a game.
Treliving, a veteran general manager coming off a nine-year run in Calgary, had two different reasons to initiate change with the pursuit of a Reaves-like player: He likely knew what was lacking from watching his new team while still with the Flames, and he had done his due diligence upon assuming his new post.
He would have spoken with the head coach, assistant coaches, possibly the trainers , scouts of his own team and trusted sources around the league. What were other perceptions of his new team? Was it really all about the heralded Core Four of Matthews, Marner,
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