David Nonis on Leafs Future, Burke & more

 Love it. Hope Kessel and Phaneuf are traded soon. Not that i don’t like
them, i just think we’re just getting points for really no point with
them on our team. Lets turn the page and acquire some youth. Trade
Kessel to the Isles for Strome and a 1st, then trade Phaneuf to
Nashville for Hornqvist + 1st. Then draft Drouin with our pick, and Max
Domi with the Isles pick, and with the Preds pick, take one of the top
goalies as a groom pick.
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Future:
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Drouin-Strome-Hornqvist
JVR-Kadri-Frattin
Lupul-Domi-Biggs
Broll-Rupert-D’amigo
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Rielly-Finn
Gardiner-Franson
Percy-Blacker
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Reimer
Sparks
(Nashvilles pick)

I can see Phaneuf being traded…not Phil.

I said when Burke arrived that we’d need three churns of the team to get to contention. Burke churned about one and a half times, the only piece he kept was Grabovski. From what I see here, the only *proven* asset you’re keeping in your churn is Lupul, and even he’s arguable: last year was clearly a career year; will a healthy Lupul repeat those numbers?  
Do you really feel that out of the current NHL roster, the ONLY player worth keeping who’s been with the Leafs longer than a couple of years is Gunnar?