Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 20 game update

GM Brian Burke has announced the firing of Head coach Ron Wilson, stating that he believes a different approach is required for their current roster, and did not think Wilson's coaching techniques will be effective.

Replacing Wilson will be Steve Pattenden, were heading to a press conference now.

Pattenden: Thank you all for following our franchise up to this point, I just wanted to touch base here to let you all know the direction I would like our young team to move in while on the ice.

I will be giving our guys every chance to prove themselves to me, and they will have every opportunity to showcase their talents. I want them to open up and show their creativity and skills while on the ice, while maintaining good position I believe this will increase our scoring output and let the guys have fun at the same time. We have solid goaltending so I am not concerned at this point of over working Carey, he can handle it.

I intend every line to have a purpose specific to the players on it, as such I will be shifting everyones roles and lines, here is what you can expect to see.

Line one
LW Taylor Hall C Matt Duchene RW Clarke Macarthur
LD Drew Doughty RD Steve Pratt
I am looking at this line to be fast agile and our top offensive threat, if you look here all of these guys are smooth skaters with high passing and shooting abilities.

Line two
LW Eric Fehr C Tyler Bozak RW David Backes
LD Hal Gill RD Keith Aulie
These are the big physical guys, scoring net presences. I am looking for these guys to use their large frames to make space and punish their opponents in all zones

Line three
LW Nikolai Kulemin C Vaclav Prospal RW Kris Versteeg
LD Brett Lebda RD Jordan Leopold
This is a mix line, all these forwards have soft hands and scoring ability but also the drive and grit to get into dirty areas and win battles for the puck

Line four
LW Mike Brown C Christian Hanson RW Colton Orr
This is my grind it out, shut them down line, I want these guys to be physical and har don the puck in all zones, never giving opponents the chance to make a play without the though of someone crashing into them.

as for our Power play units we are going to operate under the simple rule of if you have the puck, and can see the net, you need to shoot!

PP1
LW Taylor Hall C Matt duchene RW David Backes
LD Drew Doughty RD Steve Pratt

PP2
LW Vaclav Prospal C Tyler Bozak RW Nikolaie Kulemin
LD Kris Versteeg RD Hal Gill

Team record:
7-12-1

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Matt Duchene	20	12	5	17	+6	1	16	85	14.1%
Tyler Bozak	20	6	8	14	+1	0	20	67	9%
David Backes	20	5	7	12	+6	0	21	49	10.2%
Vaclav Prospal	20	6	6	12	-2	2	21	50	12%
Taylor Hall	23	7	5	12	+1	1	6	85	8.2%
Steve Pratt	20	1	10	11	-1	0	6	18	5.6%
Kris Versteeg	20	2	7	9	+7	0	6	26	7.7%
Drew Doughty	20	3	5	8	+7	2	10	19	15.8%
Clarke Macarthur	20	4	3	7	-1	0	6	27	14.8%
Eric Fehr	20	3	3	6	+1	0	8	28	10.7%
Hal Gill	20	1	4	5	-2	0	2	8	12.5%
Nikolai Kulemin	20	2	3	5	0	1	2	34	5.9%
Colton Orr	20	1	3	4	-4	1	11	26	3.8%
Christian Hanson	20	2	2	4	-3	0	19	42	4.8%
Keith Aulie	10	0	3	3	+2	0	4	3	0%
Brett Lebda	20	0	3	3	0	0	8	7	0%
Jordan Leopold	20	0	1	1	+2	0	6	11	0%
Mike Brown	20	0	1	1	-4	0	0	16	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	17	7	10	0	2.36	991	419	91.3%	3
Chris Osgood	4	0	3	0	4.35	193	78	84.8%	0

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Nov 14, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Ilya Kovalchuk	16		1. Dion Phaneuf	23
	2. Brian Gionta	15		2. Patrik Elias	22
	3. Mike Cammalleri	14		3. Ryane Clowe	22
	4. Marian Gaborik	14		4. Tomas Plekanec	20
	5. Bobby Ryan	13		5. Jonathan Toews	19
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Mike Cammalleri	32		1. Mike Cammalleri	+16
	2. Ryane Clowe	29		2. Ilya Kovalchuk	+16
	3. Dion Phaneuf	28		3. Brian Gionta	+16
	4. Ilya Kolvalchuk	28		4. Patrik Elias	+16
	5. Bobby Ryan	27		5. Tomas Plekanec	+16
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Ondrej Pavalec	12		1. Henrik Lundqvist	2.30
	2. Henrik Lundqvist	12		2. Carey Price	2.36
	3. Roberto Luongo	11		3. Ryan Miller	2.39
	4. Niklas Backstrom	10		4. Niklas Backstrom	2.39
	5. Tukka Rask	10		5. Kari Lehtonen	2.41
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	92.5%		1. Mike Smith	4
	2. Niklas Backstrom	92.3%		2. Carey Price	3
	3. Kari Lehtonen	92.1%		3. Roberto Luongo	3
	4. Ryan Miller	92.1%		4. Jonas Gustavsson	2
	5. Tukka Rask	91.9%		5. Niklas Backstrom	2

Duchene is 6th in goals, which is fantastic when you consider the slow team start, which has picked up big time since coach Pattenden has taken over.

Price is starting to climb up the goaltending charts, he is one step away from being considered a bonafied elite goaltender.

[bthomp05]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Thanks man. I believe now that I can move forward with the peices I have, filling in the rest as the opertunity arises. lets see how they play together.

For now Paajarvi will remain on the farm club, I put him on a line with Kadri, letting them get "familiar" with each other, as I am hoping next year they will be linemates on the big club

Thats an excellent idea - I think they will mesh well with eachother. Your first line is scarry, look out slow defensemen.

[bthomp05]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Thats an excellent idea - I think they will mesh well with eachother. Your first line is scarry, look out slow defensemen.

Since you posted your big club lines, what do the Marlies look like?

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Since you posted your big club lines, what do the Marlies look like?

Anything for the readers!

Leafs update: Prospects edition

Welcome readers in todays update we will be looking into the future by having a close up look at some of the key prospects in the Maple Leafs system, lets begin with an over view of the Marlies.

Team record:
12-4-1

Toronto Marlies Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Luca Caputi	17	9	7	16	+9	2	4	52	17.3%
Tim Brent	17	7	9	16	+9	1	4	37	18.9%
Magnus Paajarvi	15	6	8	14	+9	0	6	48	12.5%
Nazem Kadri	17	4	6	10	-9	0	4	44	9.1%
Juraj Mikus	17	1	9	10	-5	0	4	57	1.8%
Richard Greenop	17	4	6	10	+9	2	10	52	7.7%
Korbinian Holzer	17	1	9	10	+7	0	18	15	6.7%
James Henry	17	4	5	9	+7	0	25	19	21.1%
Drew Paris	17	1	7	8	+11	0	22	23	4.3%
Walter Lancet	17	4	3	7	+7	0	17	18	22.2%
Bill Sweatt	17	3	4	7	0	3	20	22	13.6%
Matt Caruana	17	1	5	6	0	0	8	24	4.2%
Matt Lashoff	8	1	5	6	-5	0	6	13	7.7%
Micheal Burns	9	2	3	5	+4	0	12	11	18.2%
Tyler Fiddler	17	5	0	5	0	2	20	26	19.2%
Dale Mitchell	17	1	4	5	-9	0	8	41	2.4%
Simon Gysbers	17	1	3	4	+2	0	11	27	3.7%
Joel Rogers	17	0	4	4	+5	0	15	9	0%
Jerry D'amigo	17	1	2	3	-9	0	6	17	5.9%
Dominik Hudler	9	0	2	2	-1	0	8	5	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jussi Rynnas	17	15	5	0	2.52	1023	420	90.7%	0
James Reimer	1	0	0	0	0	20	11	100%	0

Prospect close up:

(SNP) Nazem Kadri: 21 years old 2 years @ 1.27M remaining on his contract B/B/B potential
Kadri was drafted in the 2009 entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round 7th overall Standing at 6'0" and weighing 178 LBS Kadri is touted as one of the leafs top prospects in his rookie season Kadri posted 80 games played 21 goals 38 assists 59 points +13 50 PIMS 9 PPGs.
So far in his sophomore season Kadri has put up 17 games played 4 goals 6 assists 10 points -9 4 PIMS 3 PPGs.

(TWF) Magnus Paajarvi: 20 years old 2 years @ 900K remaining on his contract B/B/B potential
Paajarvi was drafted in the 2009 entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round 10th overall Standing at 6'4" and weighing 200LBS the leafs are hoping Paajarvi will be a force on both side of the puck.
In his rookie season Paajarvi posted 29 goals 26 assists 55 points +4 42PIMS 11 PPGs.
So far in his sophomore year Paajarvi has put up 15 games played 6 goals 8 assists 14 points +9 6 PIMS 2 PPGs.

(TWF) Braydon Schenn: 20 years old 3 years @ 1.27M remaining on his contract B/B/B- potential
Schenn was drafted in the 2009 entry draft by the L.A Kings in the first round 5th overall standing 6'2" and weighing 194 LBS Toronto hopes Braydon can grow into one of their top centers

(DFD) David Shields 20 years old 3 years @ 870K remaining on his contract B-/A/B- potential
Shields was drafted in the 2009 entry draft by the S.T Louis Blues in the sixth round 168th overall standing 6'3" and weighing 216LBS Toronto hopes Shields can grow into one of their future top Dmen

(PLY) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 18 years old 3 years @ 1.135M remaining on his contract A-/B/B- potential
Hopkins was drafted in the 2011 entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round 1st overall standing 6'0" and weighing 160LBS Toronto hopes Hopkins can grow into on of their top centers

(DFD) Keith Aulie 22 years old 1 year @ 1.105M remaining on his contract B-/B-/B- potential
Aulie was drafted in the 2007 entry draft by the Calgary Flames in the 4th round 116th overall standing at 6'5" and weighing 224LBS Toronto hopes Aulie will be their premier shut down D man.

Marlies lines:

Line one
LW L. Caputi C N. Kadri RW M. Paajarvi
LD M. Lashoff RD J. Mikus

Line two
LW J. D'amigo C T. Brent RW D. Mitchell
LD S. Gysbers RD K. Holzer

Line three
LW B. Sweatt C T. Fiddler RW M. Caruana
LD D. Parris RD J. Rogers

Line four
LW W. Lancet C J. Henry RW R. Greenop

[bthomp05]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Jerry not doing to well, interesting. Brent and Caputi tied for 1st, weird that thier stats are switched. Thanks for the update Dynasty.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Jerry not doing to well, interesting. Brent and Caputi tied for 1st, weird that thier stats are switched. Thanks for the update Dynasty.

Hey no prob, added more info there after you looked.

Yeah sadly I was hoping for more out of D'amigo as well, maybe he will pick it up

[bthomp05]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

I just saw that, love the line combos... Hopefully he will pick it up.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Question for the readers, I have my center position basically locked up for the next few years to come, but I am unhappy with their statures, I wanted to get a bigger physical center but have found them hard to come by, so this leaves me with trading.

heres a list of my current C's that I planned on keeping long term

(PLY) Matt Duchene 86 OVR 20 years old 5'11" 204 LBS B-/B-/B- POT
Duchene is slotted as my number 1 C for obvious reasons.

(TWF) Braydon Schenn 74 OVR 20 years old 6'2" 194 LBS B/B/B- POT
I had thought Schenn would fit nicely as a third line center and slide him into my second PP unit and first PK unit

(SNP) Nazem Kadri 74 OVR 21 years old 6'0" 178 LBS B/B/B POT
I am yet undecided what to do with Kadri, it will come down to what my roster looks like when he is ready to enter the NHL but i had thought since he was a shooter, to put him on a wing.

(PLY) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 70 OVR 18 years old 6'0" 160 LBS A-/B/B- POT
undecided where he fits into my plans, but he has great potential.

I like how my team runs now with the first line being fast and skilled my second line being tough and skilled my third line being skilled and gritty and my fourth line all about the pain, so what im looking for would be a PWF/TWF/GRN C with size and skill for my second unit and a GRN/TGH C will size and physical ability for my fourth. the closest thing to those is Schenn but obviously if I follow this plan I have two centers that dont fit the bill.

Trade options:
(PWF) Colin Wilson 84 OVR 22 years old 6'1" 214LBS A-/B-/B- POT
From the Nashivlle Predators

(PWF) Shadow Matthias 77 OVR 23 years old 6'4" 218 LBS B/B-/B- POT
From the Florida Panthers

so yeah, not a heck of alot out there that fits what i would like. what do you guys think? go after one of those two? stick it out with what i have and screw my plan, and if trade, who goes? Kadri? Hopkins? Schenn? and why. let me know what you think!

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 30 game update

Welcome back readers, your young leafs continue to struggle to find their way. Team scoring while being more balanced now, has not increased and the team is constantly in one goal battles.

Team record:
12-14-2

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Matt Duchene	30	17	8	25	+12	2	24	125	13.6%
Tyler Bozak	30	8	10	18	-2	1	26	95	8.4%
Steve Pratt	30	2	15	17	+1	0	6	28	7.1%
Taylor Hall	33	8	9	17	+6	1	6	111	7.2%
Vaclav Prospal	30	7	8	15	-1	2	23	78	9%
David Backes	30	7	8	15	+5	1	25	78	9%
Kris Versteeg	30	3	11	14	+9	0	10	38	7.9%
Nikolai Kulemin	30	6	7	13	+2	1	4	53	11.3%
Drew Doughty	30	7	6	13	+8	3	12	26	26.9%
Clarke Macarthur	30	7	3	10	+4	0	10	43	16.3%
Eric Fehr	30	4	8	8	+2	0	10	35	11.4%
Hal Gill	30	1	7	7	+1	0	2	12	8.3%
Colton Orr	30	2	6	6	-5	1	13	36	5.6%
Keith Aulie	20	0	5	5	+4	0	8	5	0%
Christian Hanson	30	3	5	5	-3	1	19	63	4.8%
Brett Lebda	30	0	5	5	+1	0	12	9	0%
Mike Brown	30	0	2	2	-6	0	4	20	0%
Jordan Leopold	30	0	2	2	+2	0	10	17	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	24	10	14	0	2.20	1415	598	91.9%	3
Chris Osgood	7	2	4	0	3.06	372	159	88.9%	0

Coach Pattenden: Yeah I know were getting alot of one goal battles, our guys are playing excellently in the D zone, its the offensive side of things we are struggling with right now. Our guys are young and this will happen, right now I am just encouraging all our guys to keep shooting and crash the net for rebounds, a few dirty goals and we will get that scoring ball rolling again. I'm not worried about it at this time scoring will pick up.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1,
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Brian Gionta	26		1. Patrik Elias	32
	2. Marian Gaborik	25		2. Tomas Plekanec	32
	3. Ilya Kovalchuk	24		3. Ryane Clowe	29
	4. Matt Duchene	17		4. Dion Phaneuf	28
	5. Mike Cammalleri	17		5. Marc Savard	26
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Mike Cammalleri	42		1. Ilya Kolvalchuk	+24
	2. Ilya Kolvalchuk	42		2. Patrik Elias	+24
	3. Brian Gionta	42		3. Travis Zajac	+24
	4. Devin Steoguchi	41		4. Andrei Kostitsyn	+22
	5. Marian Gaborik	41		5. Travis Moen	+22
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	19		1. Carey Price	2.20
	2. Ondrej Pavalec	17		2. Kari Lehtonen	2.27
	3. Jonas Gustavsson	16		3. Ryan Miller	2.28
	4. Jonathan Quick	16		4. Henrik Lundqvist	2.29
	5. Martin Brodeur	16		5. Niklas Backstrom	2.30
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Henrik Lunqvist	92.6%		1. Mike Smith	4
	2. Niklas Backstrom	92.6%		2. Jonas Gustavsson	3
	3. Kari Lehtonen	92.5%		3. Roberto Luongo	3
	4. Ryan Miller	92.4%		4. Ryan Miller	3
	5. Jonathan Quick	92.3%		5. Carey Price	3

So as you can see goaltending is not my problem, but scoring? yes sir! I will be adjusting the team strategy to all out offense to get things rolling again, and some line changes are due.

Kris Versteeg and Clarke Macarthur will swap places on the first and third units, Also Clarke Macarthur will take Vaclav Prospal's position on the wing on the second power play unit.

[HeroWorship]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Still playing a clip under .500 hockey, yet you have some solid foundations to build upon, which is nice.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Still playing a clip under .500 hockey, yet you have some solid foundations to build upon, which is nice.

Thanks for posting hero. It has been a very frustrating season so far but I continue to plug away at it. It is intresting watching the guys go through successes and failures as they grow together.

As it stands versteeg is a waste of space, as prospal has been. I have been looking at Milan lucic out of boston and micheal grabner from the islanders
I actually tried to offer sheet grabner out of long island in the off season but they matched my offer and refuse every trade offer I make even when I try to overpay generously. I shall continue to try though.

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Leafs 40 game update

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Matt Duchene	40	25	10	35	+15	4	30	170	14.7%
Taylor Hall	43	11	16	27	+10	1	12	149	7.4%
Kris Versteeg	40	5	18	23	+11	1	12	71	7%
Tyler Bozak	40	8	15	23	0	1	38	115	7%
Steve Pratt	40	2	18	20	+3	0	18	46	4.3%
David Backes	40	8	11	19	+7	1	45	111	7.2%
Drew Doughty	40	7	12	19	+12	3	16	40	17.5%
Nikolai Kulemin	40	7	9	16	-2	1	10	68	10.3%
Vaclav Prospal	40	8	8	16	-5	2	23	98	8.2%
Clarke Macarthur	40	10	4	14	0	0	23	67	14.9%
Eric Fehr	40	7	5	12	+3	1	18	58	12.1%
Hal Gill	40	1	8	9	-1	0	21	25	4.0%
Colton Orr	40	3	4	7	-4	1	55	47	6.4%
Brett Lebda	30	0	7	7	+3	0	12	21	0%
Keith Aulie	40	0	6	6	+2	0	25	11	0%
Christian Hanson	40	3	2	5	-3	1	21	76	3.9%
Mike Brown	40	2	3	5	-5	0	14	33	6.1%
Jordan Leopold	40	0	2	2	+2	0	12	29	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Carey Price	33	14	18	0	2.20	1932	799	91.8%	4
Chris Osgood	9	2	6	0	3.31	453	195	87.9%	0

First line started to click here in the last four games, lots of paints gained. Price still putting up very solid numbers despite having a loosing record.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 6, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Ilya Kovalchuk	30		1. Ryane Clowe	36
	2. Brian Gionta	28		2. Tomas Plekanec	35
	3. Marian Gaborik	28		3. Patrik Elias	35
	4. Matt Duchene	25		4. Dion Phaneuf	32
	5. Sidney Crosby	23		5. Marc Savard	32
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Brian Gionta	51		1. Patrik Elias	+25
	2. Ilya Kovalchuk	51		2. Travis Moen	+24
	3. Ryane Clowe	49		3. Ilya Kovalchuk	+24
	4. Marian Gaborik	49		4. Anrdei Kostitsyn	+24
	5. Devin Setoguchi	47		5. Travis Zajac	+24
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	22		1. Carey Price	2.20
	2. Steve Mason	21		2. Kari Lehtonen	2.26
	3. Ondrej Pavalec	21		3. Henrik Lundqvist	2.32
	4. Mikka Kiprusoff	20		4. Jonathan Quick	2.35
	5. Rick Dipietro	20		5. Antero Nittymaki	2.42
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Henrik Lundqvist	92.6%		1. Ryan Miller	4
	2. Kari Lehtonen	92.5%		2. Roberto Luongo	4
	3. Jonathan Quick	92.3%		3. Carey Price	4
	4. Ryan Miller	92.2%		4. Mike Smith	4
	5. Antero Nittymaki	92.1%		5. Jaroslav Halak	4

Duchene still amoung top 5 in goals and carey continuing his strong play in net. As Hero said a couple posts back, lots to look forward to here in Tornto!

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Just an fyi here guys im going to be away from the internet for about a week or so, taking the wife and kids up the the cottage, but I am taking my ps3 with me so, no updates untill i return! see you all soon

[bthomp05]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Have fun :-)

For your C issue, are you against older guys?

[Dynasty]

Re: Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

Hey guys! just poping in on my wifes smart phone here, I finished my second season and man it was rough we got bombed hardcore down the back stretch so many injuries, seemed like half my line up was out on a rotating door basis.

Anyways I will be home soon to post a year end update etc.. Unfortunatly I couldn;t keep track of much of the stats since i didnt honestly feel like writing down that much info lol. anyways see you all soon with a recap!