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Could we see a new look in our top two lines opening day? Is Kadri ready for a top line shot duty? Could Leivo be a top six player? Can Carrick make the team? How about a group of forwards that looks like this? JVR  Kadri. Kessel Lupul Bozak Leivo Booth Holland Frattin Winnick Carrick Komarov...

Face it, people LOVE to rag on the Leafs. Toronto is full of drama queens who pose as media insiders. That's not to say all journalists in the area are bad, but it sure has its share that seem more interested in controversy than hockey. What the Leafs probably need more than anything, is the...

Assuming Bozak remains between Kessel and JVR, and Kadri lines up along Lupul again, the right side should be open to auditions, likely as follows: Clarkson, despite being a huge bust last year, will be given another crack. Personally, I'd prefer him on 3rd line despite his salary. I think the...

They've team up again for the Islanders. $5 m for Grabo, a little over $4 m for Kuli. That's why they are on the Islanders. Snow must be be hoping to move the team to the KHL to compete somewhere.

Not sure why the Leafs having resigned McClement and Bodie, thought they were pretty dependable cheap players that played the way Carlyle liked? Do they want too much money?

With the cap expected to be slightly above $71 million for next year, that would a $6 million increase from this year. The Leafs have $2 million coming off the books (Armstrong, Tucker) and $500,000 coming off (Scriven, Frattin), that brings them up to $8.5 million. If the let Ranger walk and...

I don't see much from the list of available free agents to help with the retooling. Mostly a bunch of old guys, retreads and guys like Vanek, Moulson, etc who were moved at the deadline and if they like their new teams, Mon, Min, probably have inside track on resigning them. For Leafs to...

For the life of me, I can't understand why his name keep popping up in trade rumours. Yes, I understand he sometimes makes a defensive gaff. But tell me is he anymore prone to defensive gaffs than Phanuef, Gunnerson, Ranger and Franson, all of whom I'd be afraid to carry the puck 10 feet unless...

Time to write the obituary on the season: 1. Defensively (including the forwards) The problem: Was never good enough from the get go. Not tough enough on the back on the back-end, not enough compete from the forwards both in terms of back-check and battling along the walls. Totally disoriented...

I did some analysis of the Leafs main roster versus top teams in the league and threw in a few bottom dwellers as well. As this is pretty time consuming exercise, I went by average weight only. The media perception is that the teams out west are big, massive, strong, along with the Bruins in...

I think it's time to clean house here.  Grabbo is grossly overpaid at $5.5 million. My biggest problem with him is I am not sure what he is? A scorer? He has really been scoring the past two years. A play maker, definitely not. A shutdown guy? Nope. A face-off specialist? Nada. That is strike...

Where do the Leafs need the most help? What deals make the most sense? Who would you target if you were Nonis? Goaltending potentially available. Who is most attractive, Luongo, Kiprusoff or Miller? Or none of them? Would one of the Avalanche centres, Statsny, Reilly or Duschene be an upgrade...

Most improved 1. Kadri 2. Frattin 3. Franson Biggest surprise 1. Kostka 2. Fraser 3. JVR / Scrivens Honorable mention Komarov

What's up with this? Has he packed in hockey altogether and road off into the sunset? I am sure some wouldn't be displeased with that.  But I haven't heard a sniff about him from any media. Does anything think he'll resurface in any capacity? With his last job, people may not be clamoring at...

Preferred line-up as of now...barring further changes Lupul  Van Reimsdyck    Kessel MacArthur Graboski  Frattin/Kulemin Kadri    Bozak    Kulemin/Frattin Crabb    Steckel  Brown Gunner    Phanuef Gardiner  Franson Liles      Komisarek (Schultz?) Reimer Scrivens It would be nice to...

I can't believe (or maybe I can) the moronic talk in the media about the Leafs going completely desperate to get Luongo. Granted he's a top goalie, but... 1) Has that burdensome contract 2) Is quickly moving out of his prime 3) Would send a pretty negative signal to all the young goalies in the...

A lot of talk about this number 1 NCAA defenceman prospect becoming a UFA. Currently his rights are held by Anaheim, but chances of them signing him appear slim. Ironically, he is the reason the Ducks let Gardiner go. Wouldn't it be something if Burkie managed to sign him, too. Leafs, Oilers...

I'm sure we are all just looking forward to this season now just finally ending, so we can look ahead to next steps. Rather than rehash all the misery of the past month or so, I thought we could possibly talk about what good came out of this season. Here's my list: 1. Emergence of Jake...

I'm sure everyone in Leaf Nation must perplexed, bewildered and especially frustrated that we can't seem to PK for the life of us. I am going to propose a couple of things and then open it up with some questions: First, from what I've seen of the more successful PK teams, they are a lot more...

Apart from saying general things like the PP or the PK Here are some of my thoughts, please add what you've observed. The top three on the list REALLY drive me nuts. 1. Failure to aggressively attack in the defensive zone during the PK. They literally invite blasts from the point, and even...