Basement to penthouse, the return of the leafs

[bthomp05]

Thats a huge trade, but I like it. And even though I am sad to see Schenn leave I believe bring in those two guys will work majic in the future for you especially with your other young talent. Good move.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoldenJet

Big trade man, hopefully it works out in your favor. Trading not only Schenn, your young stud defensemen, but your first round pick. Good luck.

Thanks Jet. I didn't want to let Schenn go, purposly brought his brother in so they could play together, but in the end with Doughty and Pratt on the big club, Lashoff, Aulie, Sheilds and Miller in the system I felt confident in the move.

My winger depth was very sad, top 4 depth im tlakin about here

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Thats a huge trade, but I like it. And even though I am sad to see Schenn leave I believe bring in those two guys will work majic in the future for you especially with your other young talent. Good move.

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

[Dynasty]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dynasty

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

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]

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