Leafs Officially Out Of Playoff Hunt
As I watched the 6-2 loss to Montreal on Saturday,
I noticed one thing…the Leafs didn’t try. It comes to
a shock to me that the Leafs aren’t still contending,
I thought they would be placed 9th, maybe 10th in
the eastern conference standings. Well I was wrong.
The Leafs currently sit 12th in the East and Boston
is on two points behind the buds wth 68 points (the
Leafs only have 70 points). If you look in the East
standings the Leafs are only 1 point behind the New
York Islanders for 10th in the conference and 7 points back of the Canadiens for 8th in the East, for
all you hopefuls out there, here are the teams that the Buds will be facing in their last 12 games, the
Flyers, the Sabers, the Sens, and the Devils. Good
luck winning against those teams!
By the end of the year the Leafs should be placed
in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, there is an
upside to this…the Leafs will be guaranteed a top 10
draft pick.With the likes of Erik Johnson, Phil Kessel,
Jonathan Towes, Jordan Staal, Michael Frolok, Nicklas Backstrom, and Juri Tlustsy the Leafs look to have a solid first round pick as long as they don’t
pull an Antropov.
This will be Quinn’s last year and you can excpect
Paul Maurice to be the next Maple Leafs head coach.
For the remainder of the year the Leafs should play
their young guys and see what they can do in the NHL., here is what the roster should look like:
Steen__Sundin__Tucker
Kilger__Allison__Stajan
Wellwood__*Williams__Ponikarovsky
Ondrus__*Kukumberg__*Hoffman/*Suglobov
Antropov
McCabe__Kaberle
*White__*Bell
Richardson__*Moro
Berg
_Tellqvist_
_Ford/Racine_
Injuries: Woznewski, Harrison, Coliacovo
Scratches/Marlies: Belak, Domi, O’Neill, Khavonov
*=call-ups
To me, that’s what the roster should look like for the remainder of the year, good luck next year Leafs!
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