Which players will make the team for 2012-2013?

[BlueBaron]

Originally Posted by leafsfuture

If Burke can get rid of Lebda he can get rid of just about anyone if he wants to.

Of Lombardi, Connolly, Komisarek, I expect that at least one of those guys is gone. My guess is Komi. Hes had 3 seasons to make up for the bad season before and he hasnt dont it.

Connolly is the easiest to trade with only one year remaining.

[Charon of Styx]

Originally Posted by pooleboy

Kessel is top 10 in points and people want to trade him

Yeah I have to agree with ya. We should get him a bodyguard out there though.

[Funk Volume]

Lupul-_________-Kessel
Kadri-Grabo-_________(Kulemin?)
Kulemin(?)-Bozak-Frattin
Brown-Steckel-Orr/Rosehill/Crabb

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Gardiner-Schenn
Liles-Franson/Komi(hope not, but tough contract)/Holzer

Reimer/______________


the holes up front need to be filled with size. If we can find some kind of top 6 centre with size for Kessel, awesome. If Kule regains his form of 20+ goals(30 is a bit of a stretch to repeat imo) and finds his chemistry with Grabo, great. Moen would be GREAT on the left side of the third line.

[exporta]

Originally Posted by DirtyDion03

Carlyle even said the slate with Lupul is clean. This is a new team, he's had a great year and we need to move on. Carlyle's also said that he should've played Lupul on the left side, which Lupul seems stronger and better at. He said he never tried him on the left side in Anaheim. Another reason why he was in a bottom six role in Anaheim is because he was playing behind Perry, Ryan, Selanne, plus a few others and he was still fairly young. He's a much, much mature player now then he was in Anaheim.

This, plus Carlyle played Lupul more than any forward his 1st game here. I know to Carlyle it's water under the bridge, but is it the same for Lupul?

[Lebanese Leaf]

Macarthur needs to go. He's the next worst on this team behind LACK. His stats are misleading, he scores a lot of garbage time goals and non-meaningful goals. He's by far the third best player on his line, and much of his points are products of Kulemin and Grabo's work. He's not that physical, creative, or fast. Burke shudda got teh 1st rounder fo him when he had the chance. I would much much rather have Kadri playing on that line with Grabo next year, I've had enough of Macarthur.

[getyourselfsomerest]

Originally Posted by Eb

Why is Frattin a lock????????

I think he's a lock to at least start the season. He got much better as the season went on. He's the kind of player I can see Carlyle really liking.

[buntek]

Originally Posted by Koolboss

Don't agree
Listen Thanx to Burks
For signing them to long term deals so its not to give prospects more time to developed
Simply Burke messed up

A Pens fan from where? That is some badder english.

[buntek]

Originally Posted by getyourselfsomerest

I think he's a lock to at least start the season. He got much better as the season went on. He's the kind of player I can see Carlyle really liking.

I agree, I really do like Franson a lot. He showed some flashes of being pretty good imo.

Remember it must have been a huge adjustment for him coming to Toronto. He had pretty high expectations coming in. I remember the article about him wanting to be the guy for this, the guy for that. He probably saw that he was better than a guy like Komisarek, and when he wasn't playing, it was a tough pill to swallow.

Not to mention the headlines and the media here. It's a big change. I think he works his butt off this summer, and surprises a lot of people next year.