Brandon Carlo's Maple Leafs Debut Shockingly Solid Despite Leafs Allowing 7 Goals to Avs

Brandon Carlo delivered in his Maple Leafs debut, even though the team allowed 7 goals against to the Colorado Avalanche in the team's 3rd consecutive loss.

In the dying minutes leading up to the NHL's trade deadline on Friday, the Leafs pulled off a significant move, parting with some solid assets to acquire Carlo from the Boston Bruins in an unlikely deal between two heated rivals.

The Leafs did not wait long to arrange to have Carlo and fellow new addition Scott Laughton fly out to meet the Leafs in Denver in time for Saturday's clash with the Colorado Avalanche.

Unfortunately, the Leafs fell short, despite owning a 2-goal lead in the game. In the end, the team allowed 5 straight goals, including 2 empty-net tallies, dropping a 7-4 decision to the Avs to suffer their third straight loss.

While Laughton shouldered a lot of the blame after the loss, vowing to be better moving forward, Carlo couldn't have done much more to help his team win the game.

Carlo came in and led all of his Leafs teammates in ice time and penalty-kill time against the Avs, and also blocked a game-leading 6 shots -- the most by a player on either team. He also finished as an even 0 +/- rating in a game where the opposition potted 7 goals.