Comments on: Toronto Maple Leafs 2005-2006

By: Scottman75

Scottman75 — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:51:21 +0000

Just a side thought before the season starts.

If the Leafs falter, which is expected, it will make for an easy excuse for JFJ to fire Quinn and bring in his own man.

Just some food for thought!

By: venom21

venom21 — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:44:21 +0000

I highly doubt he’ll play for the Leafs. He was only signed to a 25 game tryout contract with the Marlies so unless he completely dominates in those games, he will not see any action with the big club. Plus the Leafs already have too many forwards as is, and if there was a spot, I would much rather use it on Thomas than Battaglia.

By: habs79

habs79 — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:36:36 +0000

Well McCabe and Kaberle should be good for near if not 50 points each. Beyond that there isn’t much Khananov has the possiblity to put up good numbers. However I doubt they will cover up his defensive lapses. I never thought I would say this but I feel so sorry for Sundin. They have 30 goal men on the wings and he gets stuck with those two on the top line. The best thing about the Tucker-Allison-Czerkawski line is that Tucker can partly cover for Czerkawski’s cherry picking in the defensive zone. Steen-Stajan-O’Niell if they stay together will be Toronto’s best line at both ends of the ice. Steen and Stajan are solid two way players and O’Neill isn’t known for defensive lapses. Either way Toronto will be in a dog fight along with other teams like Montreal, New Jersey, Islanders, Florida, Buffalo, and Atlanta. The only teams that are really not a serious threat at the playoffs are Caps, Canes and Rangers.

By: habs79

habs79 — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:21:53 +0000

He wasn’t the only one. What about Clark costing the leafs Jonsson and Luongo (1st round pick), Reichel costing them Markov, and Smith just given away. Wow McCabe, Kaberle, Markov, Jonsson, and Smith on the leaf blueline with Luongo in net. Could you imagine?

By: habs79

habs79 — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:17:40 +0000

Don’t worry we have all eaten ice cream to fast and got a brain freeze.

By: LeafsLegacy

LeafsLegacy — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:32:38 +0000

Bates Battagila signed with Marlies, which means he will probably play with the Leafs

By: Mullet

Mullet — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:33:29 +0000

Colaiacovo and Kronwall were both sent to AHL today!

By: phat_cat

phat_cat — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:06:26 +0000

ok its simple the lines are gonna look like this!

Poni - Sundin - Antropov

Tucker - Alison - O'neil

Domi - Lindros - Czerkawski

Steen - Wellwood - Stajan

with kilger and perrot as reserves

Then on D you'll have

McCabe/Kaberle

Klee/Khavanov

Berg/(coliacavo and Wozniewski)

with belak as a reserve there and brown a call away with the marlies

Both Coliacavo and Wozniewski have played great during training camp...they will both be around until one of them does something that will make the decision for the coach

By: quick_stick

quick_stick — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:24:29 +0000

Just a small correction. Tucker was a top 3 player in Tampa Bay his last year there. Given time with a talented centre like Allison, he could very well get 25-30 goals, which I think would qualify him as a top 6 forward on most teams..

By: 92-93

92-93 — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:37:11 +0000

Kilger will be on the fourth line, not wellwood. but i think wellwood will join the team when one of their centres goes down with an injury. so he'll get some time with the big club. poor sundin. but the way i see it, this is poni's and antropov's last chance to show their stuff. if they cannot do it with sundin, that should tell the leaf brass that its time for a change there.

also, i don't want to rule out stumpy. yes he is gone but there are alot of comments out there from both quinn and stumpy that suggest that he might be with the team in a few weeks depending on who struggles or who gets injured. considering that its unlikely he'll play for anyone else and is determined to stay in the T.O. area, it just might happen.