Leafs Training Camp Roster

70 friggin players!

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You were all great. And now time for the coach’s easiest job; the cuts.

Now I wasn’t able to cut all of you I wanted to…

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by clrkaitken on Sep 14, 2011 11:55 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs

Kelsey Wilson 6’1 206 Forward

Did he play at all in the rookie tourney?

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 14, 2011 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure. Never heard his name before though. Is he related to Ron Wilson perchance?

by TheCeej on Sep 14, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

wonder if he likes tossed salad and scrambled eggs

by sodonis on Sep 14, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I doubt he’d know what to do with those.

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by Shield on Sep 15, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s some kind of Kessel/Wilson hybrid. I think they’ve hired more than just psychologists.

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by Chuck Diesel on Sep 14, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

WHY

Brayden Irwin 6’5 211 Forward

WHY is he back

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 14, 2011 11:59 AM EDT reply actions

Burke wanted half of Schenn’s brother, so he had to stick with Brayden Irwin.

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by Frag on Sep 14, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Greenop, I like your hustle. That’s what made it so hard to cut you.

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by Kenjamin on Sep 14, 2011 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

Namath, you stay

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by jimmyp22 on Sep 14, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Will Acton 6’2 190 Forward

Leafs no longer Acton-Free workplace.

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by Ubiquitous on Sep 14, 2011 1:13 PM EDT reply actions

all the coaches are coming back in disguise as tryout players. Interesting tactic.

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by Chuck Diesel on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Goddamnit

Somebody reset the sign…

by A Lindros Jaw on Sep 14, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I don’t think he’s new to the organization

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by BCapp on Sep 14, 2011 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Looks like Schenn lost some weight

Wasn’t he up around 240 lbs last year?

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by JP Nikota on Sep 14, 2011 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

You’re thinking of Wellwood.

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by Chuck Diesel on Sep 14, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

probably lost some weight over the season, maybe kept it down to be more mobile this year

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 14, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Those are last year’s weights I think…. official weigh ins are this weekend IIRC

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 14, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I believe that’s Friday. Also, is Lombardi included just cause, or will he actually play in preseason games?

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by The Bag on Sep 14, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

he hasn’t “failed” a physical yet so he’s technically on the active roster.

by Nigel Cadbury on Sep 14, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Still unsure. He’s taking part in on-ice skates with the team, but hasn’t actually done any of the training drills, practices, etc. I don’t think.

If he’s ready for pre-season they’ll play him in some games and see how he does. The one thing they keep mentioning is that because of his injury he wasn’t able to push himself as hard from a conditioning perspective and might not be in top form to start the year, which could be as good a reason as any for him to push back his start date until he can be in top form.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 15, 2011 7:00 AM EDT up reply actions

But as far as concussion stuff is concerned, he’s cleared for contact?

by TheCeej on Sep 15, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions

No.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 17, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but doesn't anyone else remember?

I can’t find the link right now, but we all went crazy at the beginning of last season when we heard how much weight Schenn had put on. Crazy in a good way, that is.

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by JP Nikota on Sep 14, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions

So how long before they start sending kids back to

junior?

There have been articles in the Star already about McKegg and Olden working together with Erie… so that’s a bit confusing to me.

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by Steve Burtch on Sep 14, 2011 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

And this may have come up in the FTB

but does Bagosian’s 2 year $2.5 mill cap hit have ANY impact on the Schenn negotiation? because frankly I think we want Schenn for more than 2 years, and he’s going to cost us more than $2.5 mill a year.

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by Steve Burtch on Sep 14, 2011 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

To me I see Bogosian’s 2.5 and Myers’s 5.5 to fit Schenn nicely in the 3.5 range most people had him, IMHO. Of course term has a impact so it’s hard to guess.

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by DoubleDion on Sep 14, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Myers

getting $5.5 is a bit nuts this early. He’s still an RFA, and I have no idea why the Sabres would go and lock him up like this when they have The kid had one really productive season as a rookie, and kinda crashed back to earth last year a bit. 48 and 37 points in his first two years? That doesn’t work out to a $5.5 mill D man for me. Let alone for 6 years.

21 goals and 64 assists over his first two years in 162 games works out to an average of about 10 goals and 32 assists (42 points) in 81 games a year. There are 7 D men that have averaged over 0.5 ppg in their first 2 years in the past decade:

Myers, Phaneuf, Doughty, Whitney, Liles, Pitkanen, and Karlsson. Myers and Doughty are looking at new contracts, Karlsson is still not a free agent yet, but of the others I’d say people feel the Phaneuf deal at $6.5 was a huge overpay (in hindsight), Liles, Pitkanen, and Whitney haven’t ever made $5.5 million in a season. Liles is making $4.2 mill, Pitkanen is making $4.5 mill, and Whitney is making $4 million.

$5.5 mill a year for Myers is too much… he isn’t Chara, Lidstrom, or Weber… he’s not good enough in his own end yet to qualify for that kind of dough.

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by Steve Burtch on Sep 14, 2011 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

2-4 years is likely for Schenn and fits Burke's MO

Both Darren Dreger and Mirtle stated they think Bogosian’s deal may directly impact Schenn’s.

Myers’ deal is a bit ridiculous and fits with the “pre-paying for potential”. The justification seems to be that they are buying 2 of his UFA years in the deal.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 15, 2011 7:03 AM EDT up reply actions