Toronto Maple Leafs Season Preview

Toronto Maple Leafs '10-11 Preview

After the ’09-10 NHL Season, most Leaf fans are ready to forget about a mess of a year that saw half the team traded and their “#1” goaltender chased by NHL snipers all the way to Sweden. GM Brian Burke does not enjoy losing and appears to be doing all he can to build a team capable of ending this long playoff absence.



The expendables include; Blake, Vesa “197 ft” Toskala, Stajan, White, Ponikarovsky, Hagman, Mayers, Stalberg and many more. In are Kessel, Versteeg, Caputi, Bozak, Armstrong, Phaneuf, Giguere, and Gustavsson. A new team seems to be on the horizon, yet the young Buds still have a great deal of work to do before gaining the respect that the fans feel their team deserves.



There are a few stories to pay attention to going in to the ’10-11 Season. Dion Phaneuf is now the team captain and will be looking to make a statement with the “C” on his sweater. In fact, the entire Leafs defense group has a lot to prove now that they are healthy and have a solid pair of goaltenders behind them. After the January blockbusters, the “KBK” line seemed to find some chemistry as the Leafs’ #1 line, giving the fans some hope for the future.


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If the Leafs can build off their strong play in the 2nd half and their new players adapt well in Toronto, this young team could surprise some people in ’10-11. However with such inexperience up front, it could also be another long one in Toronto. Depending on how the Kaberle saga unfolds, Toronto’s roster could potentially look something like this:

Nikolai Kulemin – Tyler Bozak – Phil Kessel
Kris Versteeg – Nazem Kadri – Mikhail Grabovski
Fredrik Sjostrom – Christian Hanson – Colby Armstrong
Mike Brown – John Mitchell – Colton Orr
*Luca Caputi, Marcel Mueller, Jerry D'amigo

Dion Phaneuf – Francois Beauchemin
Tomas Kaberle – Mike Komisarek
Luke Schenn – Carl Gunnarson
*Brett Lebda, Jeff Finger, Keith Aulie

J.S. Giguere
Jonas Gustavsson
*Jussi Rynnas

Good job! Welcome to the league. We only need 5 more teams now!

When are you picking up NHL 11?

Oh as soon as possible... When do you plan on starting the league?

pond11 wrote:

Oh as soon as possible... When do you plan on starting the league?

I will start it within a week or 2 of NHL 11 being released..

I don't know though. I may have a poll asking the league members to vote on when we want to start.

We could start a week or 2 after the game is out in September, or we can start after the 1st roster update is included after the rookies make their debut in early October..

What do you think we should do?

Nice preview!

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

pond11 wrote:

Oh as soon as possible... When do you plan on starting the league?

I will start it within a week or 2 of NHL 11 being released..

I don't know though. I may have a poll asking the league members to vote on when we want to start.

We could start a week or 2 after the game is out in September, or we can start after the 1st roster update is included after the rookies make their debut in early October..

What do you think we should do?

Yeah a week or 2 sounds fine, but I was thinking about the roster update. It would be tough to start such a long league with an outdated roster, especially teams like EDM and TOR. On the other hand I don't know lol.

KillTheRock wrote:

Nice preview!

Thanks yours too!

pond11 wrote:

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

pond11 wrote:

Oh as soon as possible... When do you plan on starting the league?

I will start it within a week or 2 of NHL 11 being released..

I don't know though. I may have a poll asking the league members to vote on when we want to start.

We could start a week or 2 after the game is out in September, or we can start after the 1st roster update is included after the rookies make their debut in early October..

What do you think we should do?

Yeah a week or 2 sounds fine, but I was thinking about the roster update. It would be tough to start such a long league with an outdated roster, especially teams like EDM and TOR. On the other hand I don't know lol.

It depends. Are people going to want to wait until October?

Also another thing you have to factor is that in the 1st month, there are going to be a lot of bugs and freezing issues. So it may be best to wait until a week or 2 after the season starts in early October.

Also, we could use the month of September as a "pre-season" Everyone can kind of get the feel of the game, play against each other etc etc..

Then once the roster update with the new rookies rolls around (Usually it is early to mid October, we can start.

Obviously, people do not like to wait, but it will be worth it in the long run.

Great Preview!

and yes we should wait for rookies who will make the team to be on the roster

edit: its Jussi Rynnas not Jonas

i think we shud wait till october

Like this waiting idea... altough I'm impatient this means people can get in their ultimate team fix

Nice post!

This year the Leafs line-up is actually a top 6 bottom 6, while last year it looked to me as top 3 bottom 9 ^^.

However I am also on the side of those, who want to wait, if rookies make the NHL team, so this would lead to a league start after the 1st roster update in early october.

Ok glad people agree with the October start date.

Also I guess Kaberle will be a leaf again after all... unless he waives!

hey pond11. I still have your spot reserved. However, I need to know when you are going to get your ps3 fixed so you can begin your games.

Thanks.

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

hey pond11. I still have your spot reserved. However, I need to know when you are going to get your ps3 fixed so you can begin your games.

Thanks.

Yeah I talked to him hes not sure how soon it'll be done so you can do as you wish

Enceladus-strike wrote:

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

hey pond11. I still have your spot reserved. However, I need to know when you are going to get your ps3 fixed so you can begin your games.

Thanks.

Yeah I talked to him hes not sure how soon it'll be done so you can do as you wish

Well I am sorry to say this but it looks like I may have to have him replaced.

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

Enceladus-strike wrote:

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

hey pond11. I still have your spot reserved. However, I need to know when you are going to get your ps3 fixed so you can begin your games.

Thanks.

Yeah I talked to him hes not sure how soon it'll be done so you can do as you wish

Well I am sorry to say this but it looks like I may have to have him replaced.

ok

when i can start playing games? i cant wait..

juuti973 wrote:

when i can start playing games? i cant wait..

You can start playing games right now. As long as you go into the league and follow the schedule. Add people to your list, and set up times to play etc etc.

HockeyMediaPlus wrote:

juuti973 wrote:

when i can start playing games? i cant wait..

You can start playing games right now. As long as you go into the league and follow the schedule. Add people to your list, and set up times to play etc etc.

i must stop playing that league because my net not working anymore, i dont understant why
i try fix that but nothing not working good.. i am realy sorry... i cant do anything that broblem....

In this case I must note that pond will still be looking for a spot after all, but his ps3 is in the hands of incompetent big-box store employees atm, stand by

Enceladus-strike wrote:

In this case I must note that pond will still be looking for a spot after all, but his ps3 is in the hands of incompetent big-box store employees atm, stand by

ok but i cant give him the leafs

did u change my record hmp? i was disconected vs edmonton and that game shouldnt count

cdawg154 wrote:

did u change my record hmp? i was disconected vs edmonton and that game shouldnt count

yes