JT gave a really thoughtful interview after signing his new deal with the Leafs. Lots of good stuff in here, with this in particular standing out for me:

There is literally nothing wrong with bringing in John Klingberg for a look as long as the contract is fully buriable. Their power play is not good and their PPQB options are a big reason why. He is better offensively than any defenseman they have, if he is healthy.

Tonight's lineup is as good as the Leafs forward group gets right now - which is really, really good - no notes. Hope everything comes together for this to settle in and get into a game flow as 4 lines that work off each other. We have already seen each line individually be good at this point.

Wonder which Leafs line didn't score a goal against Detroit and was generally a detriment all night.

Wrote this earlier in the week about L4 and now they score right away at the end of a really good shift. It's easy to pump a line after a goal but this L4 has been legit so far and the need for depth contributions is even more vital with 34 out.

Wrote this on Monday about having a Nylander-Matthews-Marner line. Not sure if they have enough depth for this to be a viable option long-term but if they want to turn to this trio when they need a goal later on (and they should), they need reps together to gel because they haven't been that good.

For what it's worth, this is my Team Canada roster - almost exactly what Canada has.

Without Doughty I'd go with Parayko, too. Thought long and hard about Lafrenière, Scheifele, Tanev, Weegar and Hamilton.

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Since writing this Monday the Leafs have called up both players and while I'm not sure it's best for their development (prefer they stay down and be pros in the AHL for at least half a season each, which Treliving seemingly admitted as well), I'm not sure they have other options.

Seems like it's only a matter of time until an extension is reached with Marner.