“I said this at the beginning of the year: The days of having eight or nine (players) and thinking you’re going to be OK are probably over,” Nurse said this week. “I said you’re going need 13 this year, watch. “We’re trying to evaluate who exactly we are, and if you’re going to try to add a piece or two, which you’re always trying to do, saying, ‘What does this team need?’ ” Nurse said. “Even in the championship year you’re trying to figure out where can we make it that much better, that much deeper or whatever. “Our top eight, we can’t be missing three or four of those guys (and) we have been,” Nurse said.

Source: thestar January 20, 2022 10:26 UTC