The Leafs have announced that Andreas Johnsson's injury is VERY serious and he will miss 6 months.
This is terrible news for the Leafs...for sure...and anyone who saw last night's game knows Toronto NEEDS to get some help on defense and/or in goal to hope to compete and even make the playoffs...
Ironically, the Leafs just made a minor deal with the team they are most competing with...Toronto moved Mason Marchment to Florida for a former teammate of Auston Matthews in Switzerland, Denis Malgin...
On Vatanen...
The run on Defense yesterday was fantastic, but the big fish is still in the pond. Sami Vatanen is indeed hurt in NJ, but the word on the street is that Vatanen's injury isn't really serious, not risky to him to play with, and were he needed by the Devils he would be able to play with the pain right now. Teams know this and the calls are coming in fast and furious... It looks like a deal could be done by Monday...