Enough Is Enough From These 2 Toronto Maple Leafs Players

Jon Klingberg and Aa Ryan Reaves joined the Toronto Maple Leafs last summer for two different reasons and under two different contracts.

That’s because Toronto Maple Leafs management mistakenly believed they needed an “action guy” and a “power play specialist” in the backfield.
Neither player filled exactly those roles this season, but what they do have in common is that both immediately had one of the worst contracts in franchise history, and there have been a lot of bad contracts throughout history.

After a terrible team performance against the Ottawa Senators in which Klingberg scored three goals and Reaves had one, the Leafs had to ask themselves some tough questions and cut both players this weekend.
The team has been in poor overall form since the start of the year and a big part of that is two players playing to the detriment of the team.

Well, let’s start with the $4 million defenseman who has just five assists and zero goals in 11 games.
Despite being signed to help improve the team’s power play, Klingberg, who has two assists on the power play, looks so defensive that fans gasp every time they see him in the defensive zone.

The team also had trouble finding a partner for Klingberg, with Mark Giordano taking over that role in the last game and turning in his worst performance of the season.
The Leafs are scheduled to travel to Klingberg’s native Sweden after the team’s first game this weekend, but Klingberg should not make the trip and his time as a Leaf should surely be over.

Next on the list is Reaves’ “enforcer,” who is quoted for that word because he does nothing to solve the team’s nagging problems and is just an idea.
Reaves would stay on the roster for two more seasons and was better known for allowing goals than tackles.
He played just seven minutes a night and led the team in plus/minus.
Hitting is good, but it doesn’t equal performance because a player who hasn’t missed a game this season has yet to score a run.
Not only that, but Reaves only recorded two tackles in the first two games this season.
Since then, there have been more reasons to show aggression and bite, but especially against the Boston Bruins.

As for what they can do with the player, the Leafs could try to trade Reaves, who is worth $450,000 a year, for a lifter for the next four seasons or waive him in the hopes a team claims him .
It did not work. Bury him.
He signed a $1.35 million contract with the Toronto Marlies for the next three seasons.