Here's a decent Mirtle article on the final roster decisions
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/leafs-final-cuts-loom/article2187997/
With Scrivens sent down, goal is set with Reimer & Gustavsson.
On defence, six veterans in Phaneuf, Schenn, Liles, Franson, Gunnarsson and Komisarek are all staying, barring a trade (more on that later).
I suspect only one of these:
Defencemen on bubble: Aulie, Gardiner and Lashoff
stays. My guess would be Gardiner. the experiment with Liles & Phaneuf struck me as exploring options not Aulie who didn't have a great camp.
With Lomdardi in the mix, the forwards are interesting:
including MacArthur and Kadri, there are 12 players in the "for sure" side of things: Armstrong, Bozak, Brown, Connolly, Grabovski, Kadri (injured), Kessel, Kulemin, Lombardi, Lupul, MacArthur and Orr.
Kadri will be on the IR (or maybe ultimately LTIR). So there are two openings that will be filled from this group:
Forwards on bubble: Boyce, Crabb, Dupuis, Frattin, Rosehill and Zigomanis
I think Rosehill, Crabb are likely to be Marlies bound. Orr fills Rosehill's role.
Zigomanis has already cleared waivers but his faceoff performance last night might be giving them second thoughts because Grabbo, Connolly, Lombardi & Boyce are not strong on the draw - only Bozak is.
Frattin is waiver exempt but surely he played well enough to stick otherwise.
Some decisions might get delayed until they're sure Connolly & Bozak will play Thursday. It might be Frattin, Dupuis, Boyce & Zigomanis surviving until they find out the status of Connolly & Bozak.
That's my guess.
