I don't think he was a huge step. He may be if all goes well, what Barrie was supposed to be, but I can't imagine his offence improving that dramatically if they want him to be defensively responsible. For the playoffs the Leafs also have grinding issues for scoring goals which hasn't been fully addressed yet. We'll see but I don't see any of the Leafs moves huge leaps ahead. If they were to trade Nylander for a bigger body scorer, they're in a good position, but until that happens, they're more or less the same team as last season (swapping Kapanen for Simmonds, which doesn't address playoff scoring issues).
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