Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs update

The injury bug continues to decimate the center position! (C) Braydon Schenn suffered a lacerated arm after blocking a shot from the point during the Toronto Ottawa game, he is expected to miss five to six weeks with the injury.

Toronto was quick to respond to this most recent injury, with Schenn's injury Toronto is very weak down the middle, so Brian Burke was left with no choice but to dip into free agency.

Toronto signs
(C) Doug Weight 80 OVR 39 years old C POT 1 year @ 500K
(C) Jeff Halpern 79 OVR 34 years old C POT 1 year @ 530K

Drafted 34th overall in the second round by the new York Islanders in 1990 Weight brings years of experience to Toronto's young group. It is expected Weight will center either the second or third lines for Toronto until injuries clear. Last season Weight added 1 goal 16 assist for 17 points in 36 games.

Halpern will pick up either second or third line duty, his expertise in the circle is highly anticipated as Toronto has struggled at the dot. Last year Halpen put up 9 goals 10 assist for 19 points in 71 games.

[onlybygrace]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Good stuff...I'm following.

Truly, your team is struggling to score. You're lucky to be .500, eh?

[hoxltc]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

I know all about a team that has trouble scoring goals. My BAP with the Blue Jackets, we have only scored 90 goals in 38 games.

Hang in there, the scoring will pick up. I'm following this, great read so far!

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Good stuff...I'm following.

Truly, your team is struggling to score. You're lucky to be .500, eh?

Yes I have been very lucky to be 500 so far, though I feel scoring is picked up, but I had to sacrifice defense to get it, so GAA is climbing.

I know all about a team that has trouble scoring goals. My BAP with the Blue Jackets, we have only scored 90 goals in 38 games.

Hang in there, the scoring will pick up. I'm following this, great read so far!

Ouch! Nash is feeling lazy this year?

Leafs update

Well readers I wish I had good news to bear, the injury bug has slammed me again.

RW Colton Orr (2 shorthanded goals this season) Broke his leg blocking a shot for the team during a penalty kill, he is estimated at 5 weeks, possibly returning on January 11th.

(RW) Mike Brown has been called up and will see time on the 4th line during Orr's absence

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 30 game update

Injury update

Well folks the team is dropping like flies in nuclear winter, (D) Cam Fowler got checked from behind in last nights game against Edmonton, upon hitting the boards Fowler broke his wrist in two places and will be on the long term injury reserve for an estimated 8-9 weeks. Team doctors say he may return around the Ferbuary 7th mark.

John Tavares is looking to make a return shortly, he is estimated at 1-2 weeks

Braydon Schenn is looking to return around january 4th

Colton Orr wont see action untill January 11th

Current record 10-14-6

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
(C) Steve Pratt	30	7	11	18	+4	0	16	73	9.6%
(D) Duncan Keith	30	3	9	12	-2	0	25	28	10.7%
(D) Francois Beauchemin	30	1	11	12	+1	0	14	16	6.3%
(RW) Bobby Ryan	30	3	9	12	-3	0	2	58	5.2%
(LW) Paul Kariya	30	6	5	11	-4	0	0	59	10.2%
(D) Cam Fowler	30	3	8	11	-9	2	6	36	8.3%
(LW) Ilya Kovalchuk	14	6	4	10	0	0	6	41	14.6%
(LW) Nikolai Kulemin	30	6	4	10	-6	3	6	42	14.3%
(C) John Tavares	21	5	4	9	-4	0	14	54	9.3%
(RW) Colton Orr	26	6	3	9	+4	0	17	23	26.1%
(LW) Kirill Kabanov	30	4	4	8	-8	0	8	51	7.8%
(LW) Kris Vertseeg	30	5	3	8	-14	1	10	50	10%
(C) Braydon Schenn	22	3	4	7	-2	0	12	38	7.9%
(C) John Mitchell	30	3	3	6	+2	0	30	52	5.8%
(RW) Colby Armstrong	30	3	3	6	+1	0	8	18	16.7%
(D) Luke Schenn	30	0	5	5	-8	0	12	10	0%
(D) Keith Aulie	30	1	3	4	+3	1	10	17	5.9%
(D) Calvin De Haan	30	0	4	4	-11	0	4	26	0%
(RW) Mike Brown	4	0	2	2	-1	0	0	4	0%
(C) Jeff Halpern	8	1	0	1	-9	0	0	11	9.1%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jean Sebastian Giguere	17	6	11	0	3.14		407	89.1%	0
Jonas Gustavsson

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 16, 2010
Goals		G	Assist		A
	1. Marian Gaborik	21		1. Evgeni Malkin	25
	2. Antoine Vermette	20		2. Mike Green	23
	3. David Backes	18		3. Jason Blake	23
	4. Matt Duchene	18		4. Daniel Girardi	23
	5. Alexander Ovechkin	13		5. Jason Spezza	22
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Evgeni Malkin	39		1. Sheldon Brookbank	+24
	2. Sidney Crosby	39		2. James Wisniewski	+21
	3. Jason Blake	37		3. Jarret Stoll	+19
	4. Antoine Vermette	37		4. Ryan Smyth	+19
	5. Corey Perry	35		5. Justin Williams	+19
Wins		W	Goals Against Average
	1. Pekka Rinne	17		1. Pekka Rinne	2.01
	2. Brian Elliot	16		2. Ilya Bryzgalov	2.41
	3. Craig Anderson	16		3. Ryan Miller	2.41
	4. Marc Andre Fleury	16		4. Semyon Varlomov	2.41
	5. Roberto Luongo	16		5. Jimmy Howard	2.49
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Pekka Rinne	93.2%		1. Ryan Miller	4
	2. Ryan Miller	92.1%		2. Semyon Varlomov	3
	3. Ilya Bryzgallov	91.9%		3. Jonas Hiller	3
	4. Jimmy Howard	91.9%		4. Jonathan Quick	3
	5. Marc Andre Fleury	91.9%		5. Antti Niemi	3

Just because I have so many rookies I will post a Calder cup race update from time to time.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Dec 16, 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Dana Tyrell	9		1. Steve Pratt	11
	2. Steve Pratt	7		2. Matt Beleskey	10
	3. Logan Couture	7		3. Cam Fowler	8
	4. Matt Beleskey	7		4. Darren Helm	6
	5. Oskar Osala	5		5. Logan Couture	5
Points		PTS	Plus/minus		+/-
	1. Steve Pratt	18		1. Jonathan Ericsson	+17
	2. Matt Beleskey	17		2. Matt Beleskey	+9
	3. Logan Couture	12		3. Steve Pratt	+4
	4. Cam Fowler	11		4. Keith Aulie	+3
	5. Dana Tyrell	11		5. Roman Wick	+1

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 40 game update

Injury update

Fans will be happy to hear that three of four injured players have returned to active duty. John Tavares Braydon Schenn and Colton Orr all returned to the line up, Tavares will resume his first line duties, while schen will take over the third line and Orr will return to the fourth.

Team news

Toronto claims off wavers G Corey Schneider from the vancover canucks.
Schneider 77 OVR 24 years old B POT 2 years @ 650k remaining on his contract.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Steve Pratt	40	8	15	23	-1	0	24	97	8.2%
Bobby Ryan	40	8	13	21	+7	2	6	89	9.0
Duncan Keith	40	3	17	20	+1	0	29	42	7.1%
Francois Beauchemin	40	3	17	20	+6	0	24	31	9.7%
Ilya Kovalchuk	24	9	11	20	+7	0	7	80	11.3%
Kris Versteeg	40	8	11	19	-13	2	10	70	11.4%
John Tavares	29	8	8	16	+5	0	14	81	9.9%
Nikolai Kulemin	40	9	1	16	-4	3	6	56	16.1%
Paul Kariya	40	10	6	16	-10	3	2	83	12%
Cam Fowler	30	3	8	11	-9	2	6	36	8.3%
Colton Orr	28	8	3	11	+6	1	21	27	29.6%
Luke Schenn	40	1	9	10	-3	0	28	24	4.2%
Kirill Kabanov	40	4	5	9	-15	0	8	71	5.6%
Calvin De Haan	40	3	6	9	-6	0	8	43	7%
Colby Armstrong	40	3	5	8	+3	1	16	26	11.5%
Keith Aulie	40	3	4	7	+1	0	16	25	12%
Braydon Schenn	24	3	4	7	-1	0	14	39	7.7%
John Mitchell	32	3	3	6	+1	0	30	54	5.6%
Jeff Halpern	16	2	4	6	-9	1	0	22	9.1%
Carl Gunnarsson	10	1	5	6	-4	0	4	14	7.1
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jean Sebastian Giguere	26	10	16		3.15		650	89.3%	1
Jonas Gustavsson	17	4	13		2.86		453	91%	0

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 10, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marion Gaborik	30		1. Brian Gionta	31
	2. Antoine Vermette	24		2. Evgeni Malkin	30
	3. Sidney Crosby	22		3. Mike Green	30
	4. Henrik Zettergberg	22		4. Mikita Filatov	29
	5. Eric Staal	21		5. Daniel Girardi	29
Points		PTS	Plus/minus		+/-
	1. Sidney Crosby	50		1. Sidney Crosby	+20
	2. Evgeny Malkin	48		2. Cris Kunitz	+20
	3. Eric Staal	48		3. Mike Grier	+20
	4. Marion Gaborik	47		4. Bill Geurin	+20
	5. Brian Gionta	46		5. Jason Chimera	+19
Wins		W	Goals against Average		GAA
	1. Antero Nittymaki	22		1. Ilya Bryzgalov	2.21
	2. Marc Andre Fleury	21		2. Pekka Rinne	2.31
	3. Roberto Luongo	21		3. Semyon Varlamov	2.36
	4. Rick Dipietro	21		4. Ryan Miller	2.49
	5. Brian Elliot	21		5. Niklas Backstrom	2.52
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Ilya Bryzgalov	92.7%		1. Ryan Miller	5
	2. Pekka Rinne	92.2%		2. Niklas Backstrom	4
	3. Semyon Varlamov	92%		3. Roberto Luongo	4
	4. Niklas Backstrom	92%		4. Jonathan Quick	4
	5. Ryan Miller	91.8%		5. Marc andre Fleury	4

The wife has been on the computer, so I have a few more updates coming soon

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 50 game update

17-24-9
For once I have no new injuries to report on! Only Cam Fowler remains out, he is expected to return in two to three weeks.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Steve Pratt	50	9	18	27	+2	0	50	125	7.2%
Bobby Ryan	50	9	17	26	+8	2	15	123	7.3%
Ilya Kolvalchuk	34	10	15	25	+8	0	18	117	8.5%
Duncan Keith	50	6	18	24	+3	1	38	59	10.2%
Kris Versteeg	50	10	14	24	-11	2	12	88	11.4%
Francois Beauchemin	50	3	19	22	+11	0	49	48	6.3%
John Tavares	39	10	10	20	+6	0	14	109	9.2%
Paul Kariya	50	11	9	20	-7	0	2	106	10.4%
Nikolai Kulemin	50	11	8	19	-2	3	6	68	16.2%
Luke Schenn	50	2	12	14	+2	0	44	36	5.6%
Kirill Kabanov	50	6	7	13	-12	1	8	100	6%
Calvin De Haan	50	4	9	13	-4	0	8	60	6.7%
Colton Orr	38	9	3	12	+3	1	27	35	25.7
Cam Fowler	30	3	8	11	-9	2	6	36	8.3%
Colby Armstrong	50	3	6	9	0	0	44	36	8.3%
Keith Aulie	50	3	6	9	-3	1	20	30	10%
Carl Gunnarsson	20	2	7	9	-8	1	21	20	10%
Brayden Schenn	34	4	5	9	+1	0	20	49	8.2%
Jeff Halpern	16	2	4	6	-6	0	0	22	9.1%
John Mitchell	32	3	3	6	+1	0	30	54	5.6%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jean Sebastian Giguere	36	13	23	0	2.96	2088	939	90.1%	1
Jonas Gustavsson	17	4	10	0	2.86	944	453	91%	0

Calder cup watch

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 3, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Matt Beleskey	12		1. Steve Pratt	18
	2. Logan Couture	11		2. Matt Beleskey	14
	3. Dana Tyrell	11		3. Aaron Palushaj	13
	4. Steve Pratt	9		4. Logan Couture	9
	5. Jack Skille	9		5. Jonathan Ericsson	9
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Steve Pratt	27		1. Matt Beleskey	+12
	2. Matt Beleskey	26		2. Jonathan Ericsson	+12
	3. Logan Couture	20		3. Chris Porter	+4
	4. Aaron Palushaj	18		4. Steve Pratt	+2
	5. Oskar Osala	16		5. Oskar Osala	+2

Sorry for the rush of stats and what not, I have a bunch written down but I havent had the chance to post them, I just finished playing out the year but im trying to get all the info posted. almost done!

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 60 game report

24-28-9

Injury update
Cam Fowler has returned to action, and currently no one is injured! cross your toes, cross your fingers folks, lets make a strong drive to the end of the year GO LEAFS!

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Bobby Ryan	61	11	31	42	+15	3	26	155	7.1%
Steve Pratt	61	13	29	42	+7	0	58	162	8.0%
Ilya Kolvalchuk	45	20	20	40	+15	2	18	167	12.0%
Kris Versteeg	61	13	22	35	-9	3	14	112	11.6%
John Tavares	50	15	15	30	+6	1	19	137	10.9%
Francois Beauchemin	61	3	25	28	+1	0	51	56	5.4%
Duncan Keith	61	7	20	27	0	2	54	74	9.5%
Paul Kariya	61	14	11	25	-9	0	4	127	11.0%
Calvin De Haan	61	6	18	24	-3	0	8	82	7.3%
Nikolai Kulemin	61	13	9	22	0	3	10	78	16.7%
Luke Schenn	61	2	14	16	0	1	60	48	4.2%
Kirill Kabanov	61	7	9	16	-14	0	8	127	5.5%
Cam Fowler	40	4	9	13	-10	2	6	52	7.7%
Braydon Schenn	45	6	7	13	+3	1	39	61	9.8%
Colton Orr	49	9	3	12	-2	1	43	15	20%
Carl Gunnarsson	21	2	7	9	-6	1	21	21	9.5%
Colby Armstrong	61	3	6	9	0	1	26	35	8.6%
Keith Aulie	16	3	6	9	-5	0	52	45	6.7%
Jeff Halpern	32	2	4	6	-6	0	0	22	9.1%
John Mitchell	39	3	3	6	+1	0	30	54	5.6%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jean Sebastian Giguere	47	20	27	0	2.90	2711	1017	90.6%	1
Jonas Gustavsson	18	4	10	0	2.74	984	473	91.3%	0

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Feb 24, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marian Gaborik	47		1. Brian Gionta	45
	2. Devin Setoguchi	34		2. Joe Thornton	43
	3. Sidney Crosby	32		3. Evgeni Malkin	42
	4. David Booth	31		4. Sidney Crosby	41
	5. Eric Staal	30		5. Mike Green	41
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Marian Gaborik	73		1. Sidney Crosby	+27
	2. Sidney Crosby	73		2. Mike Grier	+27
	3. Evgeni Malkin	70		3. Cris Kunitz	+27
	4. Brian Gionta	66		4. Sheldon Brookbank	+27
	5. Eric Staal	66		5. Bill Geurin	+27
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Rick Dipietro	34		1. Jimmy Howard	2.32
	2. Antero Nittymaki	33		2. Niklas Backstrom	2.42
	3. Marc Andre Fleury	31		3. Pekka Rinne	2.49
	4. Roberto Luongo	30		4. Nikolai Khabibulin	2.53
	5. Jimmy Howard	30		5. Marc Andre Fleury	2.54
Save Percentage		SV %	Shutouts		SO
	1. Jimmy Howard	92.4%		1. Ryan Miller	7
	2. Niklas Backstrom	92.1%		2. Marc Andre Fleury	5
	3. Marc Andre Fleury	91.8%		3. Jonas Hiller	5
	4. Rick Dipietro	91.7%		4. Roberto Luongo	5
	5. Nikolai Khabibulin	91.7%		5. Nikolai Khabibulin	5

Trade deadline is approaching quickly, and it would seem Brian Burke intends on being a seller this deadline, we got a hold of a league wide email sent by Brian Burke making it clear who was available below is a copy of the email.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to take some time to forward this email to you all letting you know who will be available off the Toronto Maple Leafs roster this trade deadline, if you have interest in the following players please call me as soon as possible so proper negotiations can be conducted.

(RW) Colton Orr 77 OVR 28 years old C POT (TGH) 3 years @ 1M remaining on his contract
(C) Doug Weight 80 OVR 40 years old C POT (PLY) 1 year @ 500K remaining on his contract
(D) Brett Lebda 77 OVR 29 years old C POT (DFD) 2 years @ 1.45M remaining on his contract
(C) John Mitchell 79 OVR 26 years old C POT (GRN) 1 year @ 725K remaining on his contract
(D) Keith Aulie 75 OVR 21 years old B- POT (DFD) 2 years @ 735k remaining on his contract
(RW) Colby Armstrong 82 OVR 28 years old C POT (GRN) 3 years @ 3M remaining on his contract
(LW) Nikolai Kulemin 80 OVR 24 years old B- POT (SNP) 2 years @ 2.35M remaining on his contract
(D) Francois Beauchemin 82 OVR 30 years old C POT (DFD) 2 years @ 3.8M remaining on his contract
(LW) Ilya Kolvalchuk 91 OVR 27 years old C POT (SNP) 1 year @ 6M remaining on his contract
(D) Luke Schenn 81 OVR 21 years old B POT (DFD) 1 year @ 875K remaining on his contract

I must stress the value of players like Luke Schenn and Ilya Kolvalchuk and the return they would demand.

Thank you for your time
Brian Burke

[onlybygrace]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

So, are you simming all of this or something?

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Seeing as it would save me one write up I am going to post my trade deadline moves and a year end write up before I advance to next year. Once again guys I am sorry things moved so quickly, but I had all this information written down on paper and didn't have a chance to post it. Now that I will be caught up it will go back to a normal pace!

Leafs trade deadline recap

In the days leading up to the trade deadline, it would seem GM Brian Burke's email proved to be a smart move, the phones in Toronto were ringing off the hook!

Toronto trades
G J.S Gigeure 84 OVR 33 years old C POT 1 year @ 6M remaining on his contract
D Luke Schenn 81 OVR 21 years old B POT 1 year @ 875K left on his contract
2011 4th round pick (TOR) 2011 5th round pick (TOR)

To Columbus for
RW Rick Nash 89 OVR 26 years old C POT 7 years @ 7.8M remaining on his contract
G Steve Mason 84 OVR 22 years old B POT 1 year @ 905K remaining on his contract

One day before the trade deadline struck Toronto traded
LW Ilya Kolvalchuk 91 OVR 27 years old C POT 1 year @ 6M remaining on his contract
D Carl Gunnarsson 78 OVR 24 years old B- POT 1 year @ 800K remaining on his contract
2010 6th round pick (TOR)

To Edmonton for
LW Taylor Hall 75 OVR 19 years old A- POT 3 years @ 900K remaining on his contract
D Mikeal Osterberg 24 70 OVR 24 years old B POT 2 years @ 87K remaining on his contract

During the trade deadline Toronto kept the phones working, receiving a call from Pittsburg, their offer was

RW Colby Armystrong 82 OVR 28 years old C POT 3 years @ 3M remaining on his contract
2011 2nd (TOR) 2013 2nd (TOR)

In exchange for

RW Eric Godard 77 OVR 30 years old C POT 1 year @ 500K remaining on his contract
2011 1st round pick (PIT) 2012 1st round pick (PIT)

Toronto quickly accepted the deal.

Near the end of trade deadline Toronto made a call to Colorado offering the following trade
D Francois Beauchemin 82 OVR 30 years old C POT 2 years @ 3.8M remaining on his contract

in exchange for
RW Zach Kassian 69 OVR 20 years old B- POT 3 years @ 700k remaining on his contract
Colorado was quick to accept.

With only minutes remaining until the deadline Toronto made a call to the New York Islanders whom they have made deals with before in the year, in which they offered
LW Nikolai Kulemin 80 OVR 24 years old C POT 2 years @ 2.35M remaining on his contract
2012 5th round pick (TOR)

in exchange for
LW Nino Niederreiter 71 OVR 18 years old B- POT 1 year @ 790k remaining on his contract
The Islanders claimed it was a no brainer, and immediately said yes!

It was an exciting trade deadline to be apart of! stay tuned for the year end stat recap.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

So, are you simming all of this or something?

No OBG, I simmed about every third game or so. I had alot of this played before I even started writing about it here, I record all my moves and retype when I get time to here.

I am sitting at just before the 2011-2012 draft and I did not want to move ahead until I had all this information posted. but now that I am roughly caught up I can resume at a normal pace.

You should see the stack of paper going into the recycling now I'm done with it :P

I hope the advanced pace didn't cheapen the franchise, but if I continued to store information and post it at the rate i was before, I would have never caught up to where I was really playing games.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Toronto year end summary

Toronto Maple Leafs: 34-39-9
Toronto Marlies: 40-31-9

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Rick Nash	80	34	43	77	+23	6	32	310	11%
Steve Pratt	82	18	43	61	+9	1	79	222	8.1%
Bobby Ryan	82	15	42	57	+17	4	37	229	6.9%
Kris Versteeg	82	20	25	45	-10	4	20	164	12.2%
Duncan Keith	82	11	34	45	+1	2	67	104	10.6%
Paul Kariya	82	23	20	43	-9	1	10	181	12.7%
John Tavares	71	20	22	42	+9	2	21	190	10.5%
Calvin De Haan	82	8	27	35	+4	0	12	120	6.7%
Kirill Kabanov	82	12	12	24	-11	1	14	184	6.5%
Cam Fowler	61	6	15	21	-13	4	12	90	6.7%
Colton Orr	70	11	4	15	-5	1	65	65	16.9%
Braydon Schenn	66	6	9	15	+2	1	41	81	7.4%
Matt Jones	19	1	9	10	+5	0	14	28	3.6%
Keith Aulie	82	3	7	10	-3	1	32	49	6.1%
Jeff Halpern	31	3	5	8	-8	0	21	36	8.3%
Eric Godard	83	3	5	8	+5	0	170	61	4.9%
John Mitchell	32	3	3	6	+1	0	30	54	5.6%
Dough Weight	45	2	3	5	-13	1	4	30	6.7%
Mike Brown	12	2	2	4	0	0	4	10	20%
Alex Berry	19	3	1	4	-3	0	2	67	4.5%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jonas Gustavsson	37	13	20	0	2.70	2089	1001	91.4%	1
Steve Mason	3	1	1	0	0.83	145	83	97.6%	0

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Apr 12, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Marian Gaborik	60		1. Joe Thornton	57
	2. Eric Staal	46		2. Brandon Dubinsky	56
	3. Sidney Crosby	41		3. Brian Gionta	55
	4. David Booth	40		4. Matt Moulson	54
	5. Devin Setoguchi	19		5. Anze Kopitar	54
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Marian Gaborik	98		1. Jiri Hudler	+34
	2. Eric Staal	95		2. Matt Moulson	+33
	3. Sidney Crosby	93		3. Kyle Okposo	+32
	4. Ryan Getzlaf	86		4. Thomas Vanek	+32
	5. Kyle Okposo	84		5. Dustin Brown	+31
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Antero Nittymaki	45		1. Niklas Backstrom	2.43
	2. Rick Dipietro	43		2. Pekka Rinne	2.49
	3. Roberto Luongo	39		3. Ryan Miller	2.54
	4. Tomas Vokoun	39		4. Jimmy Howard	2.57
	5. Niklas Backstrom	39		5. Karri Ramo	2.60
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Niklas Backstrom	92.1%		1. Ryan Miller	9
	2. Ryan Miller	91.8%		2. Marc Andre Fleury	6
	3. Pekka Rinne	91.7%		3. Jonas Hiller	6
	4. Marc Andre Fleury	91.6%		4. Roberto Luongo	6
	5. Jimmy Howard	91.6%		5. Antero Nittymaki	6

2010-2011 Trophy winners
Stanley cup: ST. Louis Blues
Art ross: Marian Gaborik
Hart: Niklas Backstrom
Norris: Mark Streit
Lady Byng: Marian Gaborik
Calder: Ondrej Pavalec
Conn Smythe: Jaroslav Halak
Vezina: Ryan Miller
Rocket Richard: Marian Gaborik

2010-2011 player of note advancement:
Rick Nash 89 OVR --> 89 OVR
Duncan Keith 87 OVR --> 87 OVR
Bobby Ryan 85 OVR --> 86 OVR
John Tavares 82 OVR --> 85 OVR
Steve Pratt 74 OVR --> 81 OVR
Cam Fowler 72 OVR --> 79 OVR
Kirill Kabanov 72 OVR --> 75 OVR
Braydon Schenn 72 OVR --> 75 OVR
Mikeal Osterberg 70 OVR --> 72 OVR
Calvin De Haan 69 OVR --> 73 OVR
Taylor Hall 75 OVR --> 82 OVR
Nino Niederrieter 71 OVR --> 75 OVR
Zach Kassian 69 OVR --> 70 OVR
Corey Schneider 77 OVR --> 81 OVR
Steve Mason 84 OVR --> 85 OVR

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Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs 2011-2012 season opener edition

Welcome back readers! we are just preparing to launch into a brand new season with the Maple Leafs, Below you will find the updated moves during the off season.

Once again this off season Brian Burke moved out alot of players from the Marlie's, releasing players he felt did not fit into the mold he was trying to cast.

Toronto releases:
(C) John Mitchell 79 OVR 26 years old C POT
(C) Jeff Halpern 78 OVR 35 years old D- POT
(C) Tim Brent 74 OVR 27 years old C POT
(C) Darrly Boyce 73 OVR 26 years old C POT
(LW) Ryan Hamilton 72 OVR 26 years old C POT
(LW) Stefano Giliati 69 OVR 23 years old C POT
(RW) Greg Scott 71 OVR 23 years old C- POT
(RW) Braydon Irwin 74 OVR 24 years old C POT
(RW) Eric Godard 77 OVR 31 years old C POT
(RW) Alex Berry 73 OVR 25 years old C POT
(D) Danny Richmond 73 OVR 26 years old C POT
(D) Matt Jones 74 OVR 27 years old C POT

With so many releases the media was quick to jump onto Burke, asking exactly;y what he was doing, since the Marlie's turned out a winning season the prior year, which included a first round playoff birth. In typical Burke fashion he was quoted saying "You will have to wait, watch and see but there is a plan behind all of this. I thank those players that were released today in their service of our club, it was not an easy decision but changes had to be made to this club, and that did not exclude the base, which is our minor league club. Broader the base, the taller the tower"

Twelve players were released in total, no buy outs were issued, all of them were expiring contracts. It will be interesting to see what Brian has up his sleeve, that is a huge loss in player depth for the Marlie's.

Toronto only had one draft pick this year, 28th overall in the first round, which they drafted a defense men who went unsigned for this year.

Lets move on to the Free agent frenzy! Toronto signed the follow free agents:

Lets start with the players Toronto resigned

Toronto resigns (LW) Luca Caputi 75 OVR 22 years old B- POT to a three year 1M per year contract
Caputi was a big part of the Marlie's sucess last season, potting 18 goals 38 assists for 56 points with a +12 rating

Toronto signs (LW) Brad Ross Ross was a draft pick from 2009-2010 season that went unsigned last year, he will be expected to play first or second line duties with the Marlie's, adding his two way skill and grit to a depleted roster
70 OVR 19 years old B- POT 3 years @ 765K per season

Toronto resigns (LW) Jay Rosehill 74 OVR 26 years old C- POT 3 years @ K per season. Jay Produced 4 goals 10 assists for 14 points and a -2 rating while defending his team mates last year, slotting on the fourth line Rosehill produced 95 penalty minutes and will be counted on to do much of the same this year.

Toronto resigns (LW) Kirill Kabanov 75 OVR 19 years old B POT 8 years @ 2M per season. Kirill spent a full 82 games last year on the big club, as an 18 year old rookie he produced 12 goals 12 assists for 24 points and a -11 rating. Brian Burke was quoted saying "Kirill is one of the corner stones of our club, he will be a future scoring winger and we intend to give him every opportunity to excel in that role"

Toronto Resigns (G) Steve Mason 85 OVR 23 years old B POT 8 years @6M per season. Mason only played two games for the leafs last year, producing a 1 and 1 record with an 0.83 GAA and 97.6 save percentage. Burke was quoted as saying "Steve is our number one goaltender we have desperately been searching for, we believe, as his contract clearly states that he will be one of the premier goaltenders of the future.

As for depth, Toronto Sent an offer sheet to the L.A Kings, which no draft picks were needed to be exchanged, for (C) Tyler Bozak 80 OVR 25 years old C POT 1 year @ 945K with the Kings last year Bozak produced 18 goals 43 assists and 61 points in 82 games. Bozak will depended on to be a third/fourth line center so expect his production to drop accordingly. As a returning leaf (Bozak was released last year) Tyler stated to the media that he hopes he can prove himself this year and earn a longer term contract with the Leafs.

Toronto signs free agent (D) Hall Gil 83 OVR 36 years old D- POT 1 year @ 1.5M. Gill, a stay at home defense men put up 5 goals 23 assists for 28 points last year with the Montreal Canadiens. Gill who is another returning leaf stated that, it wouldn't be such a bad thing if he played out his final year(s) here in Toronto.

Toronto signs free agent (RW) Teemu Selanne 81 OVR 41 years old D- POT 1 year @ 705K. Selanne had an excellent year last year despite his age putting an amazing 30 goals and 29 assists for 59 points. The Finnish flash stated earlier that it was an easy decision to come to this club and play with former teammate Paul Kariya. Selanne will be paired with kariya on either the third or fourth line to provide secondary scoring, so expect his overall points to decrease.

Toronto signs free agent (C) Scott Nichol 76 OVR 36 years old E POT 1 year @ 500K. It is expected that Nichol will spend this year adding depth to the Marlies

Toronto signs free agent (C) Todd Marchant 76 OVR 38 years old D- POT 1 year @ 660K. Todd will center a line for the Marlies this year, it is anticipated that he will help guide the younger upcoming NHLers.

Toronto signes free agent (C) Jamie Lundmark 76 OVR 30 years old C POT 1 year @ 500k. Lundmark is expected to see time centering a line for the Marlies, further adding to thier depth and leadership

As the leafs move forward it will be looking to the future, this is a contract year for many key players including (C) John Tavares (LW) Kris Versteeg (LW) Nino Niederreiter (D) Keith Aulie (D) Mikael Osterberg some of which will no doubt be looking for healthy raises. Heading into this season with 4.825M In cap space remaining it could be interesting to see the approach GM Brian Burke takes with his club.

As the regular season approaches we have gotten word what the line match ups will be to at least start this season

Line 1
LW (SNP) Taylor hall C (SNP) John Tavares RW (PWF) Rick Nash
LD (OFD) Cam Fowler RD (TWD) Duncan Keith

Line 2
LW (TWF) Kris Versteeg C (SNP) Steve Pratt RW (PWF) Bobby Ryan
LD (OFD) Calvin De Haan RD (DFD) Hall Gill

Line 3
LW (SNP) Kirill Kabanov C (TWF) Braydon Schenn RW (SNP) Nino Niederreiter
LD (TGH) Mikeal Osterberg RD (DFD) Keith Aulie

Line 4
LW (SNP) Paul Kariya C (PLY) Tyler Bozak RW (SNP) Teemu Selanne

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Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Toronto 10 game update

4-4-2

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Rick Nash	10	4	5	9	0	0	2	32	12.5%
Calvin De Hann	10	1	8	9	-2	0	2	22	4.5%
Hal Gill	10	1	7	8	+2	0	2	6	16.7%
Steve Pratt	10	6	2	8	-1	1	4	34	17.6%
John Tavares	10	5	3	8	+1	1	4	23	21.&
Cam Fowler	10	3	4	7	+2	1	6	30	10%
Taylor Hall	10	2	3	5	-3	0	0	36	5.6%
Kris Versteeg	10	1	4	5	+2	0	0	12	8.3%
Paul Kariya	10	0	5	5	+3	0	0	18	0
Bobby Ryan	10	2	3	5	0	0	2	22	9.1%
Nino Niederreiter	10	2	1	3	-1	0	2	12	16.7%
Teemu Selanne	10	2	1	3	+1	0	2	16	12.5%
Mikael Osterberg	10	0	2	2	0	0	48	18	0
Duncan Keith	10	0	2	2	-1	0	0	17	0
Braydon Schenn	10	0	2	2	-1	0	2	8	0
Tyle Bozak	10	1	0	1	+1	1	4	13	7.7%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Steve Mason	9	3	6	0	3.43	525	201	87%	1

Coach's comments:
"We have done a good job pressuring off forechekcs and establishing a net presence, scoring has been good and we are strong on the offensive side of the puck. Once Mason settles into the net we will be where we need to be"

Player interview: Steve Mason
"I will admit that I have had alot of trouble seeing the puck, but in the last four games (3 of which are wins) it has been coming back, I have been able to peek around traffic and hunt the puck. The guys are playing fine in front of me, I just need to up my game"

Team news:
GM Brian Burke has unfolded some of his future plans in the first week of the season making some moves.

Toronto Trades G Jonas Gustavsson 81 OVR 27 years old C POT 1 year @ 1.35M left on his contract
TO BOS FOR
2012 2nd round pick (BOS)
It would appear Burke has laid the full responsibility of being #1 on recently signed tender Steve Mason. Gustavsson gets traded to a market with 2 possible number one goalies, but being his contract year as well as Tukka rasks contract year it will be interesting to see what happens in bean town.

Toronto signs free agent G Jakub Jovar 77 OVR 23 years old C POT 3 years @ 500K per season
I see this as Burke stocking club depth a bit, Goal tending depth is currently weak in numbers and ability this is a solid signing for the Marlie's

Toronto signs free agent G Curtis Mchelhinney 76 OVR 28 years old C POT 1 year @ 500k per season
Burke has brought in another possible Marlie #1 or back up to Mason, consider this depth options.

Toronto trades G Corey Schneider 81 OVR 25 years old B- POT 1 year @605K remaining on his contract
To NYI for
2012 2nd round pick (NYI) 2012 3rd round pick (NYI)
Burke has let go of a potential future number 1, but after signing Mason for 8 years, it is clear who he intends to be in net for Toronto.

Toronto trades D Henrik Seidenberg 63 OVR 19 years old B- POT currently unsigned
To DAL for
2012 2nd round pick (DAL) 2012 7th round pick (DAL)
Seidenberg was the result of Toronto's first round pick acquired form the Pittsburg penguins, I would assume this is the result of contract disputes between Henrik and the club.

L League Leaders - Updated: Oct 27, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Milan Michalek	8		1. Antoine Vermette	12
	2. Ryan Getzlaf	8		2. Phil Kessel	12
	3. David Backes	7		3. Corey Perry	11
	4. Jason Piminville	7		4. Keith Ballard	11
	5. Micheal Grabner	7		5. Brooks Laich	11
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Ryan Kessler	17		1. Ryan Kesler	+10
	2. Mikeal Samuelson	15		2. Mikeal Samuelsson	+10
	3. Ryan Getzlaf	15		3. Paul Martin	+10
	4. Alexander Semin	15		4. Alexandre Burrows	+10
	5. Jamie Langenbrunner	14		5. Antoine Vermette	+10
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Ondrej Pavelec	7		1. Ryan Miller	1.69
	2. Roberto Luongo	7		2. Ondrej Pavalec	1.98
	3. Jimmy Howard	6		3. Roberto Lugongo	2.03
	4. Antero Nittymaki	6		4. Rick Dipietro	2.07
	5. Rick Dipietro	6		5. Kari Lehtonen	2.10
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Ryan Miller	94.5%		1. Henrik Lundqvist	3
	2. Ondrej Pavalec	93.5%		2. Ondrej Pavalec	2
	3. Roberto Luongo	93.4%		3. Roberto Luongo	2
	4. Rick Dipietro	93.1%		4. Ryan Miller	2
	5. Kari Lehtonen	93%		5. Jonas Hiller	1

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Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs trade update

Brian Burke has pulled yet another future star out of another organization

Toronto Trades
D Duncan Keith 87 OVR 28 years old C POT 6 years @ 5.205M remaining on his contract
LW Luca Caputi 75 OVR 23 years old B- POT 3 years @ 1M remaining on his contract
2012 1st round pick (PIT)

TO TB FOR
D Victor Hedman 85 OVR 20 years old B POT 1 year @ 1.375M remaining on his contract
D Pavel Kubina 82 OVR 34 years old 1 year @ 4.275M remaining on his contract

Burke had the following to say during his media conference
"First off I would like to say that we felt it was unfair to keep Luca in the organisation at this point, he will be ready to step into the NHL soon as out club roster is full right now, I would like to thank him for his efforts for our organisation and hope him the best in the future"

"Duncan was tough to let go, he is a stabilizing force on this team, but to get, you have to give and in the long term I believe this deal is what we were looking for. Thank you for your time with us Duncan"

"Pavel is returning to us, he has been struggling in Tampa bay since his return, but he adds excellent depth to our blue line as we move forward, to what hopefully is a playoff run this season, I believe Pavel will be instrumental in that"

"Victor is heading into his first contract season, and he has tremendous upside on all sides of the puck. We are very excited to have him here in Toronto, and we hope to have a contract nailed down soon"