Leafs Trade for Darren Raddysh + Hire Jim Hiller as Head Coach + NBA Atlantic Division Offseason Preview | Couch Potato Diary
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been busy already this offseason, and I am not on board with either move.
Darren Raddysh comes over from Tampa Bay in a sign-and-trade for eight years at $8.5 million. He is exactly the type of defenseman Toronto needs on paper, a puck mover who can quarterback a power play, but the term and the dollar amount on a player coming off his one genuinely good NHL season worries me. I break down why this screams desperation more than smart asset management.
Then the Leafs hire Jim Hiller as their new head coach, and I am skeptical here too. I look at what he actually…
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