Toronto Maple Leafs

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...

So lately I've been focusing on how the Leafs will or will not make the playoffs, goaltending, defense, forwards, etc. Now it's time for a change, let's take a look at the Toronto Marlies, the AHL affiliate for the Maple Leafs. Last Season the Marlies finished with a record of 33-35-6, missing the playoffs. This season though will be different, as some expect that the Marlies will be contenders. With the likely additions of Brayden Irwin, Luca Caputi, Jerry D'Amigo, Jeff Finger and Matt Lashoff, will improve the team's core. Ben Ondrus is the key subtraction on the team. The goaltending arrival of Jussai Rynnas, will take some of the pressure off of James Reimer. Ryan Hamilton,...

Now that the summer of Kovalchuk is finally over, and Kovy's contract is accepted and now his cap hit is in effect, the Devils are over the cap. So The Devils need to move someone... Patrick Elias Jamie Langenbrunner Bryce Salvader Dainius Zubrus One or Two of thses playeers need to leave. There's a couple of teams that would be willing to take on some cap for the Devils. Including the Maple Leafs. I'm sure Brian Burke will be talking to Lou about a possible deal, likely based around one of the top two names. The Leafs are short on cap space themselves so a player like Mikhail Grabovski or Jeff Finger would need to go the other way in a deal for Elias, while for Langenbrunner ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to end their playoff drought this season, and after their successful off-season, it no longer seems to be a long shot. The strongest part of this club is their defence, and I will take a trip into the Maple Leafs back-end core which welcomes three new faces in Matt Lashoff, Danny Richmond and Brett Lebda. The Toronto Maple Leafs are arguably in the top 5 for defence in all of the NHL. Lead by Captain Dion Phaneuf, outcast Tomas Kaberle and 3rd year player Luke Schenn, not to mention potential bounce-back hopefuls Mike Komisarek and Francois Beauchemin, and young potential star named Carl Gunnarson. It's a top six you cannot balk at, but the additions of t...