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Line two reuinited! Kulemin and Lupul swap places

Line one
Joffery Lupul Tim Connolly Phil Kessel

Line two
Nikolai Kulemin Mikhail Grabovski Clarke MacArthur

Immediate impact felt as Lupul puts up 2 points in a 5-1 slamming of the Ottawa Senators!

[bthomp05]

Hey, you took my idea. haha. Great work as always, will be watching this.

Interesting that you sent down Kadri and Aulie. I kept them in the mix in my dynasty and Aulie has been playing reasonable well. Kadri too, when he is playing - has missed 8 games with two different upper body injuries, which is nice because its allowed me to take a look at Colborne and Frattin.

As well I have had a few D injuries that have forced me to play with 8 D - I just sent down Holzer and I'm already half way through November.

Good luck.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Hey, you took my idea. haha. Great work as always, will be watching this. Interesting that you sent down Kadri and Aulie. I kept them in the mix in my dynasty and Aulie has been playing reasonable well. Kadri too, when he is playing - has missed 8 games with two different upper body injuries, which is nice because its allowed me to take a look at Colborne and Frattin. As well I have had a few D injuries that have forced me to play with 8 D - I just sent down Holzer and I'm already half way through November. Good luck.

Hey BH yeah I kept them down for now but I expect one or both to be playing NHL hockey at some point this season.

I have been lucky so far with injuries. The only ones I have gotten were in pre season, and I play a very physical game as well. So just kinda going with my good fortune while it lasts lol

Thanks for following man

[bthomp05]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dynasty

Hey BH yeah I kept them down for now but I expect one or both to be playing NHL hockey at some point this season. I have been lucky so far with injuries. The only ones I have gotten were in pre season, and I play a very physical game as well. So just kinda going with my good fortune while it lasts lol Thanks for following man

I hope it keeps going for you. :-) I have lost Kadri, Bozak, Gunny, Holzer, Schenn, and Aulie to injury this season. (Though all are back except Kadri and Schenn)

[Dynasty]

Injury Update

During the second period of last night’s game against the Senators Tyler Bozak received a heavy hit from the Senators Matt Carkner, Bozak tumbled in a heap and had to be helped off the ice after a few attempts to skate off himself.

The Maple Leafs have released a statement this morning that Bozak suffered the first concussion in his career and they are expecting the struggling center to be out for the next 4-5 weeks. Bozak had 1 goal 2 assists in 17 games played.

To take the injured Bozak's place Phillipe Dupuis has been recalled form the Toronto Marlies, Dupuis has amassed 3 goals 6 assists and a +3 rating in 14 games played this season with the Marlies.

In the wake of this injury Head Coach Ron Wilson has shaken up the roster, stating that the lack of effort from some of his supposed NHL players isn't cutting it and changes will be continuing if he doesn't see a marked improvement.

Here is a look of what the new line up will be (bolded names are the changes)

Line one
LW Joffery Lupul C Tim Connolly RW Phil Kessel
LD John-Michael Liles RD Dion Phaneuf ©

Line two
LW Nazem Kadri C Matthew Lombardi RW Nikolai Kulemin
LD Luke Schenn RD Cody Franson

Line three
LW Clarke MacArthur C Mikhail Grabovski RW Colby Armstrong
LD Mike Komisarek (A) RD Carl Gunnarsson

Line four
LW Colton Orr C Philippe Dupuis RW Mike Brown

G1
James Reimer
G2
Jonas Gustavsson

PP one
LW Nikolai Kulemin C Tim Connolly RW Phil Kessel
LD Cody Franson RD Dion Phaneuf

PP two
LW Joffery Lupul C Mikhail Grabovski RW Nazem Kadri
LD Luke Schenn RD John-Michael Liles

4 Man PP one
C Tim Connolly RW Phil Kessel
LD Cody Franson RD Dion Phaneuf

4 Man PP two
C Mikhail Grabovski RW Nikolai Kulemin
LD Luke Schenn RD John-Michael Liles

PK one
C Matthew Lombardi RW Colby Armstrong
LD Mike Komisarek RD Dion Phaneuf

PK two
C Phillipe Dupuis RW Mike Brown
LD Luke Schenn RD Carl Gunnarsson

3 Man PK one
C Matthew Lombardi
LD Mike Komisarek RD Dion Phaneuf

3 Man PK two
C Phillipe Dupuis
LDLuke Schenn RD Carl Gunnarsson

Nazem Kadri has arrived, but will he produce? being given second line and second pp unit time, he will have his chance. To make space for Kadri, Joey Crabb was sent down to the Toronto Marlies.

Here are the stats for the guys shuffling around
Bozak (injured) 17GP 1G 2A +3
Phillipe Dupuis (called up) 14GP 3G 6A +3
Cody Franson 17 GP 0G 5A +2
John-Michael Liles 17GP 3G 7A +8
Matthew Lombardi 17GP 2G 4A +2
Mikhail Grabovski 17GP 0G 4A +2
Nazem Kadri (called up) 14GP 5G 8A +6
Joey Crabb (sent down) 17GP 2G 0A +1
Clarke MacArthur 17GP 2G 3A +1

[bthomp05]

Excellent shake up - the Bozak hit was a blessing. Good work.

[Dynasty]

20 Game update

Welcome back fans and readers, the Leafs season continues to roll on. Sporting a 12-5-3 record after twenty regular season games it's looking good in Leaf land this year.


Connolly enjoyes a slick pass from kessel that leads to a breakaway

Let’s take a quick look at the team’s production, and I’ll follow that up with a league wide stats update.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Phil Kessel	20	12	7	20	6	3	6	133	9%
Tim Connolly	20	4	12	16	6	3	6	51	7.8%
John-Michael Liles	20	3	8	11	8	1	0	35	8.6%
Nikolai Kulemin	19	8	3	11	0	1	0	54	14.8%
Matthew Lombardi	20	3	6	9	6	0	2	50	6%
Luke Schenn	20	1	8	9	13	0	8	28	3.6%
Joffery Lupul	20	5	3	8	6	1	10	62	8.1%
Colby Armstrong	20	4	4	8	3	0	8	48	8.3%
Dion Phaneuf	20	4	3	7	7	2	14	38	10.5%
Colton Orr	20	2	4	6	5	1	8	26	7.7%
Cody Franson	20	0	6	6	3	0	2	35	0
Clarke MacArthur	20	2	3	5	-2	0	4	56	3.6%
Mikhail Grabovski	20	0	5	5	2	0	4	45	0
Carl Gunnarsson	20	0	5	5	0	0	6	16	0
Mike Brown	20	1	3	4	6	0	8	36	2.8%
Mike Komisarek	20	1	2	3	3	0	17	15	6.7%
Nazem Kadri	3	3	0	3	4	1	2	12	25%
Tyler Bozak	17	1	2	3	3	0	0	27	3.7%
Phillipe Dupuis	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	6	33.3%
Joey Crabb	17	2	0	2	1	0	6	15	13.3%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
James Reimer	15	10	5	0	1.64	912	360	.935	5
Jonas Gustavsson	5	2	3	0	2.96	304	130	.897	0

Pluses:

Phil Kessel continues his scoring ways alongside Tim Connolly and Joffery Lupul.


Sniper loose!

John-Michael Liles has stepped forward as the team’s premier puck moving D man and power play quarterback.

James Reimer soldiers on in net, showing to all who care to watch that he belongs, and he is number 1.

Nazem Kadri pots three goals in three games, equalling Tyler Bozak's point total, even though it took Bozak 17 games to reach the three point plateau.


Nikolai Kulemin has shrugged off his opening ten game struggles and moved into 4th place for team scoring.


boom!

Minuses:

Team discipline has lacked of late, there have been too many 5on4 and 5on3 chances given to opponents.

Mikhail Grabovski and Clarke MacArthur have faded away to shadows of their former selves. Combining for a measly 2 goals 8 assists and an even rating.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Nov 26, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Sidney Crosby	14		1. Patrick Kane	25
	2. Nikolai Antropov	14		2. Jonathan Toews	20
	3. Marion Gaborik	13		3. Joe Thornton	18
	4. Patrick Sharp	13		4. Drew Doughty	18
	5. Alexander Ovechkin	13		5. Niklas Backstrom	17
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Patrick Kane	36		1. Milan Lucic	17
	2. Paul Stastny	28		2. Drew Doughty	17
	3. Eric Staal	27		3. Ryan Clowe	16
	4. Sidney Crosby	26		4. Zdeno Chara	15
	5. Joe Thornton	25		5. Dustin Penner	15
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Mikka Kiprusoff	12		1. James Reimer	1.64
	2. Semyon Varlomov	12		2. Mikka Kiprusoff	1.71
	3. Corey Crawford	11		3. Tim Thomas	1.88
	4. James Reimer	10		4. Martin Brodeur	1.99
	5. Annti Niemi	10		5. Semyon Varlomov	2.04
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Mikka Kiprusoff	.944		1. James Reimer	5
	2. Tim Thomas	.940		2. Tim Thomas	3
	3. Martin Brodeur	.936		3. Jean-Sebastian Giguere	2
	4. James Reimer	.935		4. Mikka Kiprusoff	2
	5. Semyon Varlomov	.926		5. Martin Brodeur	2

Prospect watch

Toronto Marlies Stats - 2011
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Joe Colborne	17	5	14	19	6	2	6	51	9.8%
Luca Caputi	17	7	8	15	1	3	4	53	13.2%
Marcel Mueller	17	4	8	12	-3	0	36	50	8.0%
Matt Frattin	17	1	4	5	-3	0	2	34	2.9%
Keith Aulie	17	0	1	1	1	0	34	8	0

Joe Colborne has upped his game even more after Kadri's call up, maybe he thought it should of been him to see NHL action instead?

Thanks again to all the readers and Leaf fans that take the time to read this! see you next time

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Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Excellent shake up - the Bozak hit was a blessing. Good work.

lol yeah man, he was brutal. Honestly alot of them have horrible stats lol