Leafs Projections

Now that I'm back from my summer vacation in beautiful Florida, it's time to gear up for the start of the NHL season with only a month left to go. There's a positive vibe around the city and Leaf fans seem to be pretty excited. For the first time in years the team as an identity and a direction. Fans around the city are debating the expectations for this team; some expect the playoffs and some expect the Bruins to have another lottery pick. Team projections have been beaten to death already, but the team is made up of players, so I'm going to do my best to give some projections for the main individual players on the Leafs. I'm going to leave goaltenders Giguere and Gustavsson out because neither has solidified themselves as the number one goaltender and so projections at this point would be pointless until the situation is a little more clear. With that said, let's get started.

Forwards

PHIL KESSEL

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	70	30	25	55	-8	21	16	13
My 10-11 Proj.	78	38	26	64	-2	18	19	23

TYLER BOZAK

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	37	8	19	27	-5	6	5	52
My 10-11 Proj.	82	22	48	70	+1	18	13	122

KRIS VERSTEEG

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	79	20	24	44	+8	35	11	35
My 10-11 Proj.	82	24	29	53	+4	58	13	46

COLBY ARMSTRONG

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	79	15	14	29	+6	61	2	74
My 10-11 Proj.	82	13	22	35	+3	72	4	85

NIKOLAI KULEMIN

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	78	16	20	36	0	16	2	136
My 10-11 Proj.	82	24	25	49	+2	20	6	112

NAZEM KADRI

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
My 10-11 Proj.	82	16	28	44	-4	28	5	110

MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	59	10	25	35	+3	10	5	26
My 10-11 Proj.	82	15	27	42	+4	26	6	36

CLARKE MACARTHUR

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	81	16	19	35	-16	49	8	62
My 10-11 Proj.	82	14	22	36	-10	52	3	74

Defenders

DION PHANEUF

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	81	12	20	32	+1	83	16	194
My 10-11 Proj.	82	14	39	53	-2	82	24	220

MIKE KOMISAREK

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	34	0	4	4	-9	40	0	85
My 10-11 Proj.	82	4	12	16	-6	86	0	205

TOMAS KABERLE

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	82	7	42	49	-16	24	25	44
My 10-11 Proj.	82	8	44	52	-9	20	26	39

FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	82	5	21	26	-13	33	10	88
My 10-11 Proj.	82	6	25	31	-11	38	12	78

LUKE SCHENN

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	79	5	12	17	+2	50	0	173
My 10-11 Proj.	82	7	16	23	+8	55	2	194

CARL GUNNARSSON

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	43	3	12	15	+8	10	2	46
My 10-11 Proj.	64	7	24	31	+10	22	5	62

BRETT LEBDA

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPP	HIT
09-10	63	1	7	8	-2	24	1	39
My 10-11 Proj.	35	2	3	5	-3	10	0	16

Thanks for reading, let me know what you guys think,

Patrick Storto
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