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In my mind, this year the team has a free pass if they can make the playoffs.  Everyone will be (or should be) so excited to finally see some postseason games, who cares how they do?  Sure, they may get creamed by Boston first round, but it'll be experience.  If they can do some damage and win a...

Grabovski with McClement and Komarov again?  Wow, talk about a guy who's being miscast.  He's really not getting a chance to produce offensively under Carlyle -- why not put him with Kadri and let them rag the puck a bit?  I know he's been really quiet this year but I wish they would...

Since Doan has repeatedly come out and said that he has no wish to relocate his family, I suspect that he fears the Coyotes will move in the near future and he doesn't want to get pulled away too far (Quebec).  I'm betting he goes to a California team for next 2-3 years so he can keep the fam in...

If there was any truth to the Dustin Brown rumours at the deadline, I hope Burkie goes after that guy.  He's single-handedly dismantling the President's Trophy winners.

Centre: Out - Lombardi and Connolly.  Wait till Lombardi and Connolly get off the bus for a pee break and tell the driver to punch it.  Lombardi isn't as fast as a bus and Connolly won't even try.  Bring up Colborne for a kick at the can in the 2 or 3 slot, definitely bring in a legitimate #1...

Stop the madness!  Schenn is 22, still developing but has the tools to be a great shutdown D-man.  Brown has developed nicely into a role-player (leader/gritty forward), but at 27 he is in his prime, what you see is what you get with him now (in my opinion), he's not going to skyrocket into a...

He's only a modest goal scorer, but his gritty physical play along the boards and in the corners should help open up space for our smaller quick forwards. It's what's missing from our offence - we lose every puck battle there.  Also, general toughness and leadership.  He's more about intangibles...

It may be smarter for Burkie to sit on things now, let the team find its own way this season, and make moves in the off-season under less pressure....looking long-term that is.  But OH MY GOD do I want him to do something before the deadline to spark the team.  I really wish he'd have gotten...

Bingo.  Schenn is a keeper, he just needs to meet the balance between strength and mobility so he doesn't keep getting burned in his own end.  Offence should definitely be an afterthought.

The current D is most definitely a work in progress, but is focused on offence and puck movement.  Youth and inexperience is the biggest hurdle right now.  Their stay-at-home D include Schenn, who I still believe will be a great shutdown man in this league, Keith Aulie, who is probably a year or...

My bad, you meant the year earlier -- the Flyers did finish 7th, though they did trade for Pronger that year who I'm assuming made life pretty miserable in front of the goalies.

Did you mean the Philadelphia Flyers who finished with 106 pts at the end of the 2010-2011 season?  I'm thinking they had such a strong team up front that they somehow made up for weaker goaltending.  The Leafs situation is different --- they need more consistency from the goalies.

I don't think we're overvaluing Gardiner at all -- he's got amazing composure with the puck, and is a great skater.  And he's only 21.  While he's not untradeable, I really think they should protect him -- he'll be a pretty awesome player.  For the record, I think Schenn is having a tough year...

Inside the marketing department at SI: "So we noticed we don't have a big enough following in Ice Hockey...any ideas?" "Well, who has the largest fan base?" "The Maple-what? Oh, Leafs? You say they're like the Yankees of Ice Hockey? Perfect. Let's throw some sh*t against the wall and see if...

I'm pretty sure you have to balance out the "go with the hot hand" theory with a reluctance to sit anyone too long.  I think they want Reimer to be the #1 but he hasn't been able to carry the load, so they give Gus the ball for a bit....but you don't want to sit Reimer for too long, you have to...

Hmmm....an Ontario team that's clinging to an aging Swedish captain, with poor goaltending?  That is soooo 2009.  However, they (Ottawa) do have the Giggler up front and that Karlsson kid looks "not too shabois".

As a boy growing up in Windsor, Leafs/Wings was my ultimate rivalry (Norris Division).  The 1993 First Round upset of the Wings remains for me one of the happiest times in my Leaf-fan life.  When the Leafs play the Wings at the Joe, half the arena is filled with Leaf fans from Southern Ontario...

YES Sticky Tape, I thought he looked familiar....hopefully tonight the Buds don't suffer any "jet lag" - and Kessel notches his 30th.  Do you know how long it's been since they've been in a playoff position this late in the season?  I love it.

Geez, guess I was thinking of someone else.  Maybe Phil Housley?  Whoever it was had been a great player but was old and slow, and I think committed some egregious giveaway that sunk the Leafs that year.