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Question Period – Leafs Edition

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Ten questions as you ponder the Leafs‘ future with Martin Gerber between the pipes.

1. Are you content with Brian Burke‘s decisions at the Trade Deadline?

2. Do you think Gerber will aid Tank Nation, or further the Leafs from a top 5 pick?

3. Nik Antropov and Dominic Moore are no longer Maple Leafs, do you see either of them re-signing with the Leafs during the off-season?

4. Pavel Kubina (4 G, 8 PTS in his last 6 GP) and Tomas Kaberle will have their no-trade clauses lifted between the NHL Entry Draft and August 15th, do you see Burke unloading either of them? Both of them?

5. Vesa Toskala is out for the season. Will he be the Leafs’ starting goaltender next season, or will he be traded during the summer?

6. If the Leafs continue to separate themselves from a top 5 pick, should Burke trade up?

7. Burke will have plenty of options to start the rebuilding in Toronto this summer – free agency, draft day, trading, and college signings. If you were Burke, what transactions would you perform to turn this team around?

8. Anton Stralman and Jiri Tlusty have been lighting up the AHL (Tlusty named AHL player of the month in February). What role do you see them playing in the Leafs’ future?

9. Justin Pogge has struggled in the NHL thus far. Do you still see him as the goaltender of the future?

10. Is it possible Mats Sundin returns to the Leafs next season?

Super Duper Bonus Question!

1. If you were a chick, who’s the one guy you would sleep with?

You stay classy, MLHS.

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  • Jordan

    Thats a good find! I would love to see where hes gonna end up fitting in here soon

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  • Burn

    Jordan, I am interested to see where he fits in too. But he’s (Stralberg) only a Junior and still has one more year of college left, and I don’ think he or the Leafs are interested in him leaving yet.

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  • J Reinhardt

    I am not going to go through each and every question but summarize a couple of items.

    I think that the youth on the team will be closely monitored along with that on the Marlies until the end of the season. One player that stands out for me considering it is his first season in the NHL is Mitchell. Here is a guy that has size, physicality and has started to learn the defensive side of the game. What I’ve seen of him in the offensive zone and his ability to hit and take hits and stick handle in tight spots leads me to believe that the Leafs may have a second or third line centre here. If in a 3rd line role he could develop into a John Madden type player.

    I believe that Kubina or Kaberle will be traded in the off season. I think the way the trade deadline went this year and given the alteration in the cap for the ’10-’11 season it is probably better to trade one of them during the offseason then wait until next February.

    I do not seeing either Moore or Antropov coming back. I think that Burke is going to get bigger and faster. Thinking is that if he sees someone like Grabovski and Kulemin being a first or second line then he will want to have a good sized winger with them that can make room for the two of them. So I think it all depends on what Burke thinks of the youth and what he needs.

    One kid that I have seen recently in the College is this Hayes kid for Boston College. It is his first year and he has some size and toughness and a nice shot…this could be a kid that we see in a few years.

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