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Maple Leafs Centreman Matt Stajan Close to Signing

July 6, 2008 in Miscellaneous 0

Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun reports that Matt Stajan is close to signing a new multi-year contract to remain with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Leafs assistant general manager Jeff Jackson said that he “hopes to have it settled when he gets back at the end of the week.” The Mississauga native, drafted 57th overall by the Leafs in 2002, is currently holidaying in Europe. Matt has played almost four full campaigns with the club, and has been injury-free in the last two (a rarity for the roster).

The young centreman is a restricted free agent this summer, coming off a 2007-08 campaign that showed a steady improvement in his defensive game and — towards the end of the season when he was the pivot for Jason Blake and Darcy Tucker — a renewed ability to generate some secondary scoring for the team. He was a top penalty-killer for the Leafs and has worked hard on improving his skills on the face-off.

Stajan, who turned 24 last December, earned $950,000 in the final year of his entry level SPC and is expected to come close to doubling that amount with his new deal.

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Schenn, Hayes, Stefanovich, Kulemin to Attend Maple Leafs Prospects Camp

July 6, 2008 in Prospects News 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the full roster of young players expected to attend the week-long Prospects Camp to be held at the Lakeshore Lions Arena on-ice training facility on July 7th through 15th.

Attendees include almost all of the Leafs’ 2008 draft selections — Luke Schenn (5th overall), Jimmy Hayes (60th), Mikhail Stefanovich (98th), Jerome Flaake (130th), and others — as well as several recently-signed, undrafted players (Greg Scott, Michael Ouzas, and Stefano Giliati) and a number of prospects from earlier drafts.

Highly touted Russian forward, Nikolai Kulemin (selected 44th overall by the Leafs in 2006) will also attend and is expected to have a very strong chance of cracking the Leafs’ line-up this fall.

A complete list of 22 players (15 forwards, four defencemen and three goalies) can be found on the official Toronto Maple Leafs website.

The prospects will participate in on-ice practice sessions and spend time in the classroom discussing subjects such as media awareness, nutrition and conditioning.

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