Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the premier up and coming organizations in the NHL. Auston Matthews is the center piece of an extremely deep and talented offense. But the defense is a bit weak. Morgan Rielly is a great defender but he is not a true number one defenseman. Roman Josi would bring an identity to a faceless defense that is looking to find what it is.
Is it a big strong defensive stalwart? Or is a smaller fast puck moving defense?
Roman Josi fixes that issue almost immediately. Many will say that James van Riemsdyk would be heading to the Predators but that alone isn’t enough. It’ll need to be van Riemsdyk and a prospect like Jeremy Bracco, that or Kasperi Kapanen and a pick. van Riemsdyk and Kapanen are players who could slot in anywhere on the Predators, although Kapanen is younger and a bit more valuable. I’d hope to see Kapanen come in and immediately play behind the JoFA line.