Keep:
Always keep 1st rnd draft choices till your on the cusp of a Stanely cup.
Never trade a 1st rnder when on the cusp of the playoffs.
Never blindly trade your first pick while in training camp.
Ahl for development
colbourne,
plus any chl, ncaa or euro prospects who are ready to graduate to the ahl.
lombardi - to see if he can get his game back
ashton, frattin, Gustavasson, scrivens
Trade
lupul, connolly, bozak, kadri- for the right price
Phaneuf
Salary dump
komisarek, dupuis, steckel,
Top 6
Kessel,Grabovski, macarthur,
kulemin - had a off season.
Needs 2 top 6 players if we trade lupol.
Bottom 6
crabb,brown , armstrong, hamilton, abbott
Top 6 D-man
liles , gardiner, schenn, gunnarson, franson
Needs a #1 Dman
Goalies
Reimer
Needs vet backup.
Top Prospects
Blacker-D, McKegg-C, Biggs-RW , Percy-D, ROSS-LW, Holzer-D, D'Amigo-LW,Leivo-LW
Be patient never veer off course. Don't try to leap frog team development stages like we did when we made the kessel trade.
The leafs will make millions no matter who owns them or manages them.
The master plan of running the leafs is off the track.
Because of on ice futility a generation of leaf fans have been lost over the past 7 yrs. If the short sighted powers that be keep on just trying to make the playoffs using band aid solutions so they can make 10-50 million extra dollars. The owners of the leafs have failed since former leaf owner steve stavros passed on. Hopefully Rogers and Bell can right the ship. The teacher fund ownership group failed miserably. Their trends and ways should be dropped before their isn't any leaf fans left to cheer once the good ship leaf is righted!
The team needs to draft and develop thier players. If that means another season or two of losing who cares if your drafting top 2 to 5 in a deep draft.
The leafs need a top draft stud forward who would lead the leafs on and off ice. Maybe we get him in this yrs draft or in next yrs draft.
Maybe in this yrs draft we can land center Grigorenko, Galchenyuk or lw Forsberg
If the nhl has a seaso nnext yr expect the leafs to have a great shot at 2013 1st overall Nathan Mackinnon who is pegged as the next one.
If the team drafts develops its core player we will be rewarded but if we jump the tanking stage again we will be punished with a lacking on ice product. If things won't change till the off ice revenue flow slows then we will bleed fans to other teams.
The higher ups don't seem to get sick of loosing on the ice but when the loose money off the ice expect changes.
