As a Leaf fan we always loved Leivo. Here are some of my thoughts.
The guy was jerked around by Babcock and never complained once. So that's positive point one: A great character guy who teammates seemed to love.
He also is quite good offensively. His shot is sneaky good. It doesn't look great but he tends to score a lot of goals that make you wonder how it went in and after a while you see it has something to do with the way he releases the puck. He has the potential to be a very good 3rd liner and PP2 guy.
For the bad points I'd say he gets injured a lot and he isn't able to create anything on his own. He needs to have someone set him up.
Personally if the Leafs hadn't signed all these other guys already I bet Dubas is trying very hard to bring back Leivo. A great player for the capHit and us Leaf fans are rooting for him. Hes got a soft place in our hearts.
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