Roster:

84 Mikhail Grabovski 16 Clarke MacArthur 41 Nikolai Kulemin
43 Nazem Kadri 12 Tim Connolly 81 Phil Kessel
19 Joffrey Lupul 42 Tyler Bozak 39 Matt Frattin
9 Colby Armstrong 47 Darryl Boyce 6 Joey Crabb
18 Mike Brown 28 Colton Orr 4 Matthew Lombardi
38 Jay Rosehill 11 Fredrik Sjostrom 44 Philippe Dupuis


Defencemen

3 Dion Phaneuf "C" --- 2 Luke Schenn
24 John-Michael Liles --59 Keith Aulie
36 Carl Gunnarsson -- 8 Mike Komisarek "A"
29 Matt Lashoff -- 22 Cody Franson



Goalies

50 Jonas Gustavsson
34 James Reimer

In memorial

While the death of former Leafs’ coach Pat Burns garnered widespread attention, the Maple Leafs organization lost eight former players in the last calendar year.

Their service ranged from Aut Erickson’s sole Leaf game in the 1967 playoffs to Gaye Stewart’s total of 165 regular season appearances for the blue and white.

In all, these eight men contributed 710 regular season games and 146 goals.

They would win 13 Stanley Cups with the Leafs.

When hockey was over, they picked up briefcases or shovels. There was no retirement financed by a life in hockey. These men were neighbours, parents and soon enough grandparents.

At the rink and away, their stories were woven into a greater fabric.

Gaye Stewart: In his 87th year, Stewart garnered three Stanley Cups for the Maple Leafs from 1942-1948. Stewart would play with Chicago, Detroit, New York and Montreal and finish with 185 NHL goals. He won the Calder Trophy while a Maple Leaf in 1943.

Murray Armstrong: In his 94th year, the Saskatchewan native played with the Leafs, New York Americans, and Detroit Red Wings. He also coached the Regina Pats for five seasons and managed four winning seasons in as many tries at the University of Denver.

Ed Litzenberger: In his 78th year, Litzenberger enjoyed a 15 year career that included an unmatched six consecutive titles with a succession of teams. While he played in only 19 regular season games and just one playoff games for the Leafs, Litzenberger was nonetheless a Stanley Cup winner with the club, his last NHL employer, in 1964.

Don Simmons: The first goalie to follow Jacques Plante’s lead and begin wearing the face mask, Simmons won three Stanley Cups backing up Johnny Bower. He died in his 79th year.

Pete Langelle: the Winnipeg native died in his 93 year. He played 137 games with the Leafs and scored the winning goal to earn the Leafs, and himself, the 1942 championship.

Bob Hassard. A native of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Hassard died in his 81st year. The former Marlies’ captain played 137 games for the Leafs over three seasons and in 1951 won a Stanley Cup with the team.

Aut Erickson. A Lethbridge native who died in his 72nd year, Erickson managed a Stanley Cup despite playing just one game for the Leafs in the 1967 playoffs. Erickson did better elsewhere. He played 226 NHL games with Boston and Chicago and spent two winning years coaching the WHL’s Phoenix Roadrunners.

Vic Lynn. The only player to suit up for every Original Six team, Lynn won three Cups. He died in his 85th year. Lynn scored 32 goals in 213 games.

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2010 Leafs

Clarke MacArthur Tyler Bozak Phil Kessel
Dion Phaneuf Kris Versteeg Colby Armstrong
Mike Brown Fredrik Sjostrom Mikhail Grabovski
John Mitchell Tim Brent Mike Zigomanis
Colton Orr

Carl Gunnarsson Francois Beauchemin
Tomas Kaberle Brett Lebda
Mike Komisarek Luke Schenn

Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Jonas Gustavsson

Pics to follow ...

Top Leafs Prospects

Top Prospects
1.Nazem Kadri, C.
2 Jesse Blacker, D
3.Jerry D'Amigo, LW
4 Keith Aulie, D
5 Mikhail Stefanovich, RW
6. Brad Ross LW
7. Sondre Olden RW
8.Greg McKegg C
9.James Reimer, G
10 dmitri vorobiev D
11 tyler ruegsegger F
12.Kenny Ryan, RW
13. Dale Mitchell F
14.Juraj Mikus, D
15.Korbinian Holzer, D
16.Matt Frattin, RW
17.Jerome Flaake, LW
18.Phil Oreskovic, D
19 Brady Irwin F
20 Jussi Rynnäs G




On the leafs

1.Tyler Bozak, C
2.Carl Gunnarsson, D
3.Jonas Gustavsson, G
4 Christian Hanson, RW

Leafs 2010 Draft

43 2 Brad Ross L Portland Winterhawks [WHL]
62 3 Greg McKegg C Erie Otters [OHL]
79 3 Sondre Olden Modo Jr. [Sweden]
116 4 Petter Granberg Skelleftea Jr. [Sweden]
144 5 Sam Carrick C Brampton Battalion [OHL]
146 5 Daniel Brodin Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL]
182 7 Josh Nicholls C Saskatoon Blades [WHL]

Leafs News Headlines

Leaf News:
•Leafs sign Brett Lebda yo a 2.9 mil contract over 2 yrs
•Leafs listen to offers for D Kaberle
•Leafs re-sign John Mitchell 1-year deal worth $725,000
•Leafs re-sign Nikolai Kulemin 2-year, $4.7 mill
•Leafs sign Colby Armstrong to 3-year contract
•Van Ryn won't play next season
•Leafs acquire Versteeg and Bill Sweatt from Blackhawks for Viktor Stalberg, Christopher DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis.
•Leafs draft LW Brad Ross at No. 43
•Leafs acquire LW/RW Mike Brown from Ducks
•Leafs NAME PHANEUF 18th captain of the Maple Leafs
•Leafs sign D Korbinian Holzer to a 2-year entry level
•Leafs sign college free agent Ben Scrivens 1 year, entry-level contract.
•Gustavsson Signs 2 Yr Ext 1.35M/yr
•Leafs Sign F Phillipe Paradis
•Leafs Sign F Brayden Irwin
• TRADE: 7th Rd Draft Pick to Pens for D Chris Peluso
•TRADE: G Joey MacDonald to Ducks for a 7th Rnd Draft Pick (2011)
•TRADE: F Lee Stempniak to Coyotes for D Matt Jones & 4th Round Draft Pick & 6th Rnd Draft Picks
•TRADE: D Martin Skoula to Devils for a 5th Round Pick
•TRADE: F Alexei Ponikarovski traded to Penguins for F Luca Caputi & D Martin Skoula
•F Jamie Lundmark Claimed off Waivers from Flames
•Leafs send Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala packing to Anahiem for J.S. Giguere
•Leafs Trade Ian White, Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman and Jamal Mayers for Dion Phaneuf , Fredrik Sjostrom and prospect Keith Aulie
• Leafs and the Flames complete a blockbuster trade involving 7 players
• Gustavsson returns after his second heart procedure
• Leafs trade F Tlusty to Hurricanes for prospect Paradis
• Leaf fans slaute Shanahan who retires after 21 seasons
• Rookie D-man Carl Gunnarson makes his NHL Debut
• Forbes has Maple Leafs most valuable team
• Leafs defenseman Komisarek on IR
• Phil Kessel Makes his Leafs Debut
• Future Hall of Famer Mats Sundin retires!!
• Gunnarsson& Kulemin wil llikely be demoted to the AHL
• Joey MacDonald has cleared waivers
• Jiri Tlusty and Tyler Bozak have been to the Marlies
• Stalberg Bozak and Gustavsson make the Leafs
•:Jason Allison's bid to make the team ends
• Leafs assign Hanson, Frogren to Marlies
•Leafs send Kadri to junior;
• Leafs send Alex Berry, Darryl Boyce, Josh Engel, Andrew Engelage, Tom Galvin, Stefano Giliati, Richard Greenop, Juraj Mikus, Dale Mitchell, Phil Oreskovic, Todd Perry, James Reimer, Kyle Rogers, Joe Ryan, Greg Scott, Robert Slaney, and Mikhail Stefanovich to the Marlies
• The Leafs assign: Jesse Blacker (Windsor – OHL), Joel Champagne (P.E.I. – QMJHL), and Brandon Manning (Chilliwack – WHL). to their junior clubs
• Bill Thomas and Juha Uotila have been released from their Professional Try-Out contracts
• Kessel and the Leafs agree to a 5-yr, $27 mill contract.
• Leafs acquire Phil Kessel from Bos in exchange for a 1st and a 2nd rnd pick in 2010, and a 1st rnd pick in 2011.
• MSLE might behind the blockade of Jim Baisillies bid to purchase and move the Coyotes to Hamilton
• X-Leaf Captain Rick Vaive charged with impaired driving
•Jonas Gustavsson G underwent minor heart surgery
•Leafs trade a 2nd Rnd Pick (2011-CAL) & 3rd Rnd Pick (2011-TOR) to Chic for a 2nd Rnd Pick (2010-TOR)
•- F Jason Allison granted tryout w/ Leafs
• Leaf Legend Teeder Kennedy dies at age 83
• Dallas Eakins named Head Coach for the Marlies
• G Joey MacDonald signed to a 1-yr deal
• Justin Pogge traded to Anaheim - Conditional Pick in 11'
• D Anton Stralman,7th Rndr in 12' & LW Colin Stuart traded Calgary C Wayne Primeau & 2nd Rnd r 11'
• Dave Poulin named as VP of Hockey Operations
• G Justin Pogge re-signed to a 1-yr, $600k deal.
• F Andre Deveaux re-signed to 1-yr deal.
• F Rickard Wallin signs 1-yr deal.
• G Jonas "Gustavsson signs 1-yr, $900k
• D Francois Beauchemin signed 3-yr, $11.4M deal.
• F Nazem Kadri signed to a 3-yr, Entry Level Contract.
• F Mikhail Grabovski re-signed to a 3-yr, $8.7M deal.
• Leafs acquire from Atlanta D Garnet Exelby & LW Colin Stuartfor Kubina & F Tim Stapleton
• D Mike Komisarek signed 5-year, $22.5M deal.
• F Colton Orr signed 4-yr, $4M deal.
• F Mikhail Stefanovich signed entry level contract.
• F Robert Slaney signed 3-yr Entry Level Contract.
• F Viktor Stalberg signed 2-yr Entry Level Contract.
• Leafs draft Nazem Kadri 7th Overall
• Leafs Hire Goalie Coach Francois Allaire
• F Mikhail Stefanovich signed to an entry level contract.
• D Carl Gunnarsson signed to an entry level contract.
• D Juraj Mikus signed to an entry level contract.
• Marlies Head Coach Greg Gilbert's contract was not renewed by the Maple Leafs
•Joe Nieuwendyk joins Dallas Stars as GM
• Leaf Alumni Peter Zezel passed away.
• Leaf Alumni Kent Douglas dead at age 73
• Burke negotiating with euro goalie Färjestad Gustavsson
• Leafs will Draft 7th Overall
• F Robert Slaney signed to a 3-year Entry Level Contract
• F Viktor Stalberg signed to a 2-year Entry Level Contract
• http://tmlfanszone.blogspot.com/ opens
• TMLFansZone closing out Feb 9th

Injuries/Suspensions:


Notes:

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Position ===Player # ===Player Name ==

41 Nikolai Kulemin - 42 Tyler Bozak - 81 Phil Kessel
20 Colby Armstrong - 84 Mikhail Grabovski -32 Kris Versteeg
11 Fredrik Sjostrom - 39 John Mitchell -43 Nazem Kadri
33 Luca Caputi - 20 Christian Hanson -28 Colton Orr
44 Brayden Irwin-

15 Tomas Kaberle -2 Luke Schenn
3 Dion Phaneuf -22 Francois Beauchemin
8 Mike Komisarek -4 Jeff Finger
36 Carl Gunnarsson 22 Brett Lebda

Extras:

35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere
50 Jonas Gustavsson
29 Joey MacDonald

Leafs Roster -Depth Chart

Leafs Roster-Depth Chart

Left Wing

#41 Nikolai Kulemin #23 Alexei Ponikarovsky
#11 Fredrik Sjostrom #38 Jay Rosehill

Viktor Stalberg Ben Winnett Jerome Flaake

Right Wing

#81 Phil Kessel #28 Colton Orr #12 Lee Stempniak


Jerry D’Amigo, Jimmy Hayes
Dale Mitchell Matt Frattin Kenny Ryan,

Center

#84 Mikhail Grabovski #20 Christian Hanson
#42 Tyler Bozak #18 Wayne Primeau
#39 John Mitchell #51 Rickard Wallin

IR
#84 Mikhail Grabovski


Philippe Paradis, Nazem Kadri, Mikhail Stefanovich
Joel Champagne, Christopher DiDomenico
Tyler Ruegsegger, Jamie Devane

Defence

#15 Tomas Kaberle-#22 Francois Beauchemin
#3 Dion Phaneuf-#2 Luke Schenn -
#36 Carl Gunnarsson #7 Garnet Exelby
#4 Jeff Finger -

IR:
#8 Mike Komisarek
#26 Mike Van Ryn

Keith Aulie, Jonas Frogren, Phil Oreskovic
Erik Reitz Jaime Sifers - Jamie Heward
Juraj Mikus - Andrew MacWilliam
-Jesse Blacker, Eric Knodel, -Barron Smith, Dmitry Vorobiev

Goaltending

#35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere
#50 Jonas Gustavsson
#29 Joey MacDonald

Grant Rollheiser G James Reimer G

Leafs NHL Draft 2009

Leafs pick 7th overall

Nazem Kadri - C-6'0 190 - London CAN

Analysis: "He's got a chance to be a very good offensive player. This is a terrific kid who has tremendous offensive ability. He just needs a little consistency." - Bob McKenzie

1. Age He's an October 90 birthdate, almost a year older than some of the other draft candidates
2. Size He is listed at 6' or 5'11.5 and between 165 and 175 pounds. He looks slender and will have to put on a lot of weight even to reach average size.
3. Reports say his effort is inconsistent.

Kadri was the best player at the WJC invite camp last summer, If he reaches his full potential he could be a 35 goals 90 pts player. H is not a franchise type i.e. guys like Kane, Cowan, Schenn to lesser extent if he becomes like Mike Richards.

Kadri has the potential to be most comparable to Duchene

KADRI = 78 pts.. Duchene 79 pt

The reason he has good stats in One word X 2 JOHN TAVARES...thats how kadri got 79 points. That's like saying Rob brown was a great 50 goal scorer...ya with lemieux as his center

KADRI STATS 25 goals 40 assists 65 points in 2007-2008... with the London Knights Kadri's stats 25 goals 53 assists ( with your precious tavares) for 78 pt

Players selected ahead of Kadri

1 John Tavares - C - 2 Victor Hedman - D 3 Matt Duchene - C 4 Evander Kane - C 5 Brayden Schenn - C 6 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - D


Players selected after Kadri

8 Scott Glennie - RW - Brandon
9 Ottawa Jared Cowen - D - Spokane
10 Edmonton Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson - LW - Timra
11 Nashville Ryan Ellis - D - Windsor
12 NY Islanders Calvin De Haan - D - Oshawa
13 Buffalo Zack Kassian - RW - Peterborough
14 Florida Dmitri Kulikov - D - Drummondville
15 Anaheim Peter Holland - C - Guelph
16 Minnesota Nick Leddy - D - Eden Prairie
17 St. Louis David Rundblad - D - Skelleftea
18 Montreal Louis Leblanc - C - Omaha

Round 2
50 - Kenny Ryan, RW , 6'0 205 USA U-18 (USDP) right wing, boston college, 6.0, 204 lb http://thehockeywriters.com/55-kenny...raft-rankings/

Quote:

One-Timer: His childhood hockey idol was Darren McCarty because “he played with so much energy and grit”, which tells you something about Ryan’s work ethic. NHL Central Scouting’s Gary Eggleston stated “Ryan is a solid skater who is strong on his skates, has good balance and his hard to knock off his feet. Has good overall speed and works hard in all zones. He is strong in the corners, is aware of defensive responsibilities and backchecks well. Ryan plays a rugged two-way game.” Ryan has good anticipation of how the play will develop. He is definitely more of a shooter than playmaker.

NHL Player(s) Comparison: Jere Lehtinen

58 - Jesse Blacker, D, 6'1 190 Can Windsor (OHL) D -Dob Apr 19 1991,Toronto, ONT, ht 6.00 -- Wt 190 -- Shoots R- Solid positionally, hometown kid, willing to drop the gloves, and is a hard worker who has overcome much adversity to get where he is today.

Round 3
68- Jamie Devane, LW ,6'5 210 Can Plymouth (OHL)-comparable to Milan Lucic, similar to Kyle Clifford who went 35th overall to LA

Round 5
128 D Eric Knodel 6'6 215 USA Great low risk high reward pick. My favourite of the draft so far.

"He's an untapped resource," said Rustin coach Nick Russo. "He's a special player with a great character and impeccable work ethic. I think if he would have played in juniors for one or two years instead of playing in high school, he may have been a second or third rounder. His upside is enormous."

"He's a safe pick," said McGuire. "He doesn't have a huge mean streak, but he doesn't shy away from being physical. He also pinches well from the back end. If he keeps on developing at juniors and eventually the NCAA, he could be a real diamond in the rough."

Round 6
158 RW Jerry D'Amigo 5' 11" 196 USA-Offensive minded, highly competitive, speedy forward with good leadership qualities. He seems to put together consistent efforts game in and game out He makes good smart quick plays, takes contact well and drives the net without hesitation. ranked 67th by the CSB North American skaters. ranked 40th by ISS good pick


Round 7
188 D Barron Smith 6'5" 205 USA - His father

is former Edmonton Oilers great Steve Smith.
ultra-aggressive defenseman who looks to time his hits and will drop the gloves without any hesitation. not fluent with the puck, he handles it poorly and shows very little eagerness to retrieve or make a play with it, he does a good job defensively of using his size and staying in front of his man as not to expose his poor backwards skating, good mobility and considering his height, he moves rather well, suffocating defensive defenseman

If you look at our talent pool, we have a lot of what would be considered skill guys. Bozak, Stralberg, Tlusty, Step, now Kadri. That's your prospect pool, so it's not hard to see why Burke is going for grit- we don't have any in the system!!

I think there is a method to the madness. Once we see the monster sign, free agency, actually trading Kaberle for more young talent, this will make more sense

Leaf Rookies

Mikhail Grabovski Nikolai Kulemin

John Mitchell Luke Schenn

Jonas Frogren Jaime Sifers

Christian Hanson Justin Pogge

Tim Stapleton Phil Oreskovic