Everything will blossom, flourish and thrive under this omnipotent coach.


- robin_steele264

Just like last time.

dude - it's training camp - not everybody plays all preseason games. He will get a shot, same as he did last year. Would be stupid not to. Colbourne will get games too, also at Center.
- Big_Lightnin

Pencil him in on a line with JVR and Grabo.

gone diddly on.

there will have to be a trade just to clear roster space alone.
- Big_Lightnin

or... guys will go to the AHL?

LOL at all of you wanting JvR to be centre. Get a life losers.

dude - it's training camp - not everybody plays all preseason games. He will get a shot, same as he did last year. Would be stupid not to. Colborne will get games too, also at Center.
- Big_Lightnin

And, of course, that's only if there is a training camp.

Can you see JVR playing with Grabbo?
- HipHopisDead

Im trying not to picture it, but some how i'm sure it would involve a large vibrator a car battery and a pineapple

Lol @ worrying about Steckel's 4th line job.

McClement was signed to be the 3rd line C.

Steckel was traded for to be the 4th line C
- jbold

McClement averaged 13:45 per game. 3 minutes of that was on the PK. His 5 on 5 ice time per game was 10 minutes. Steckel's ice time numbers weren't that far off from that either. They're both 4th liners.

1st line centre? Kadri has good CORSI stats
- HipHopisDead

fixed for ya

LOL at all of you wanting JvR to be centre. Get a life losers.
- weirdoh

Terry Koshan ‏@koshtorontosun
Randy Carlyle says the plan now is to start James van Riemsdyk at centre in camp and go from there

LOL @ a herpes outbreak the day before your big date.

or... guys will go to the AHL?
- Feeling Glucky?

not more than maybe 1. Marlies are getting a lot of kids this year, sending too many vets down would be very very bad. Lombardi maybe.

MacArther has trade value for sure. Hell trade him for a 2nd and 3rd if there isn'ta larger deal for a goalie.

Frattin and Kadri need to be in the lineup (assuming they both "should" be in the lineup based on camp.)

McClement averaged 13:45 per game. 3 minutes of that was on the PK. His 5 on 5 ice time per game was 10 minutes. Steckel's ice time numbers weren't that far off from that either. They're both 4th liners.
- Two_For_Truth

And Carlyle told Burke to sign him to play 3C.

Carlyle also started giving Steckel more responsibility near the end of the season. Steckel played as the 3rd line C for a few games.

or... guys will go to the AHL?
- Feeling Glucky?

Lombardi.

Lol @ worrying about Steckel's 4th line job.
- Feeling Glucky?

No one is worrying about it.

Its idiots who think he's going to get sent down that are worrying about it.

Our bottom 6 centers are going to be McClement and Steckel.

Pencil him in on a line with JVR and Grabo.
- jbold

I did on the last page...

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
JVSA-Grabo-Kadri
Kulemin-Colborne-Frattin
Brolldozer-McClement-Brown


Suck on that for awhile

No one is worrying about it.

Its idiots who think he's going to get sent down that are worrying about it.

Our bottom 6 centers are going to be McClement and Steckel.
- jbold

Unless Bozak gets bumped down. In which it's Bozak and McClement... with Steckel on the wing or in the AHL.

And that's not worrisome at all.

McClement averaged 13:45 per game. 3 minutes of that was on the PK. His 5 on 5 ice time per game was 10 minutes. Steckel's ice time numbers weren't that far off from that either. They're both 4th liners.
- Two_For_Truth

cause they had O'reilly.

he'll be Leafs 3rd line center barring roster moves. Connolly/Lombardi will be wings... or 1st line center

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
JVSA-Grabo-Kadri
Kulemin-Colborne-Frattin
Brolldozer-McClement-Brown


Suck on that for awhile
- Leafland

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
JVR-Grabo-Kadri
Kulemin-McClement-Frattin
Komarov-Steckel-Brown

Unless Bozak gets bumped down. In which it's Bozak and McClement... with Steckel on the wing or in the AHL.

And that's not worrisome at all.
- Feeling Glucky?

Wrong.

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
JVSA-Grabo-Kadri
Kulemin-Colborne-Frattin
Brolldozer-McClement-Brown


Suck on that for awhile
- Leafland

HOLY (frank) DUDE WHERE'S STECKEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????????????????????

Wrong.
- jbold

UG's already back, you don't need to act like him just cuz some ppl pretended to miss him.

Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
JVR-Grabo-Kadri
Kulemin-McClement-Frattin
Komarov-Steckel-Brown


- jbold

Kulemin better sharpen his friggin' skates this year. No more of this bs about his head not being in it. PROVE ME WRONG KULIE, PROVE ME WRONG!!!!!

And Carlyle told Burke to sign him to play 3C.

Carlyle also started giving Steckel more responsibility near the end of the season. Steckel played as the 3rd line C for a few games.
- jbold

If there's one thing we've learned it's that the lineup in July is the exact same from the beginning of the season to the end.