FINDING A NO. 1 CENTRE
Brian Burke’s search for a first-line centre will not be accomplished without great difficulty. Of the top 10 scoring centres in the NHL, only Brad Richards is available come July and he’s likely looking elsewhere. Of the rest of the Top 30 scoring centres, Jeff Carter is available, but rumours have him going to Columbus and there is the possibility that Jason Spezza or Vinny Lecavalier could be had, because of bad contracts, but after that, what? That’s the difficulty for Burke as he tries to move forward with the Maple Leafs. You can live without a first line centre if you have the kind of depth the Bruins have at forward. But the Leafs need a go-to-guy to move the puck and create offence. They know that. Finding him is the real challenge.
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