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Interview with Bozak & Komisarek:
http://www.fan590.com/media.jsp?content=20100902_125928_6780

- Worked with Anthony Belza the whole summer, called him every week for updates
- Goal is to be number one center and keep getting better
- "I like the pressure"
- Stalberg was upset about trade, called him at 4am from Sweden and talked for an hour, was "bent out of shape a bit". Plan was to keep living together, now Luca's moving in. Looking forward to Italian food brought over by family.
- Been talking all summer to Phaneuf and says he's helped him a ton since he came in last season, calls him a great leader
- Gained a lot of confidence at the end of the year

Komi:
- feels really good and has had a great summer with rehab
- think Burkie's not done with moving guys
- won't find a harder working goalie than Giggy and thinks that's probably rubbed off on "Monster"
- feel comfortable as a defenseman with both of those guys back there
 
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MindzEye said:
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the two talented youngsters that he relegated to a 3rd line checking role, have both broken out into legitimate 2nd line offensive support players after they got the **** away from Maurice.
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you forgot to include Ian White.
 
Ian White doesn't apply the same way the other two do though...he only played 12 games under Quinn, and scored as many points in his first season under Maurice, as he did his first season under Wilson.

He was consistently given a decent amount of opportunity under Maurice and doesn't seem to have been hampered by his stupidity like Steen & Stajan were.
 
bah.

he was barely used in a bottom role, behind much worse defenders (andy woz, anyone?), so much so that by the time Wilson got here, White wasn't even considered a top-6 dman.

Credit to Wilson, he let White earn his way up to top-pair minutes.
 
Jonas Siegel via Twitter:

Back the rink today. Among #Leafs taking part in informal skate: Komisarek, Phaneuf, Mitchell, Schenn, Bozak, Kessel, and Caputi. Also skating is Wayne Primeau who's still on the hunt for a job this season.

“I talk to my agent a couple times a week and it changes from week to week and stuff,” Primeau said. “It’s just more or less the waiting game, just continue to work out and wait for that spot to open up somewhere.

"It's been great that they've allowed me to come out and skate with the guys and continue to work here with them to keep myself prepared. When something does arise, I'll be ready."
 
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zeke said:
bah.

he was barely used in a bottom role, behind much worse defenders (andy woz, anyone?), so much so that by the time Wilson got here, White wasn't even considered a top-6 dman.

Credit to Wilson, he let White earn his way up to top-pair minutes.
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You're "misremembering" again Zeke.

under 2 years of Maurice, White played ~18:30 a night (solid #4 minutes on most teams) and was never sat...played 81 games in Maurices 2nd season in Toronto.

It was under Ronnie Wilson that White had to "earn" his icetime against massively inferior defenders like Frogren & Finger

I'm more than willing to throw Maurice under the bus for what he did in Toronto, but Ian White was handled fairly well overall by Maurice.
 
Last Year


C N.Antropov (29): 76gms, 24gls, 67pts, 18:14 (82gms, 26gls, 72pts)
W A.Steen (25): 68gms, 24gls, 47pts, 16:17 (82gms, 29gls, 57pts)
W A.Ponikarovsky (29): 77gms, 21gls, 50pts, 16:28 (82gms, 22gls, 53pts)

C M.Stajan (25): 82gms, 19gls, 57pts, 18:55 (82gms, 19gls, 57pts)
W B.Boyes (27): 82gms, 14gls, 42pts, 16:47 (82gms, 14gls, 42pts)
W N.Kulemin (23): 78gms, 16gls, 36pts, 16:22 (82gms, 17gls, 38pts)

C T.Bozak (23): 37gms, 8gls, 27pts, 19:14 (82gms, 18gls, 60pts)
W V.Stalberg (23): 40gms, 9gls, 14pts, 14:37 (82gms, 18gls, 28pts)
W K.Wellwood (26): 75gms, 14gls, 25pts, 13:52 (82gms, 15gls, 27pts)

C J.Mitchell (24): 60gms, 6gls, 23pts, 15:49 (82gms, 8gls, 31pts)
W A.Mair (30): 69gms, 6gls, 14pts, 9:14 (82gms, 7gls, 17pts)
W S.Thornton (32): 74gms, 1gls, 10pts, 9:03 (82gms, 1gls, 11pts)

C N.Kadri (18): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 17:26 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts)
W J.Tlusty (21): 20gms, 1gls, 6pts, 12:33 (82gms, 4gls, 25pts)



D T.Kaberle (31): 82gms, 7gls, 49pts, 22:21 (82gms, 7gls, 49pts)
D I.White (25): 83gms, 13gls, 38pts, 22:47 (82gms, 13gls, 38pts)

D C.Gunnarson (22): 43gms, 3gs, 15pts, 21:26 (82gms, 6gls, 29pts)
D A.Stralman (23): 73gms, 6gls, 34pts, 20:29 (82gms, 7gls, 38pts)

D C.Colaiacovo (26): 67gms, 7gls, 32pts, 17:18 (82gms, 9gls, 39pts)
D L.Schenn (19): 79gms, 5gls, 17pts, 16:53 (82gms, 5gls, 18pts)

D J.Harrison (260: 38gms, 1gls, 6pts, 14:43 (82gms, 2gls, 12pts)



G T.Rask (22): 45gms, 22-12-5, 1.97gaa, .931sv%
G J.Gustavsson (24): 42gms, 16-15-9, 2.87gaa, .902sv%
 
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MindzEye said:
You're "misremembering" again Zeke.

under 2 years of Maurice, White played ~18:30 a night (solid #4 minutes on most teams) and was never sat...played 81 games in Maurices 2nd season in Toronto.

It was under Ronnie Wilson that White had to "earn" his icetime against massively inferior defenders like Frogren & Finger

I'm more than willing to throw Maurice under the bus for what he did in Toronto, but Ian White was handled fairly well overall by Maurice.
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Under Maurice, all of Steen, Stajan, Wellwood, White, and Colaiacovo were turned from great young prospects into spare parts.

Most of them have recovered since then, but some haven't.
 
Only, White was playing behind McCabe, Kaberle, & Kubina both years that Maurice coached him. His increase in playing time (and no longer being "a spare part" as you put it) was due entirely to the veteran bodies no longer being in his way.

I have a hard time blaming Maurice for that.

I blame Maurice for putting Wellwood on the wing, which imo was a major cause in the hernia that has limited his offensive ability immensely

I blame Maurice for jamming Steen & Stajan into a checking role when they both showed top 6 offensive ability whenever used in that role

I blame Maurice for playing Colaiacovo with a knee injury just to try to chase down the 8th playoff spot.

I don't blame Maurice for not playing White in front of McCabe, Kaberle, & Kubina as a 22 & 23 yr old.
 
zeke said:
.....or Gill.
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06/07

ES TOI

White: 15:10
Gill: 14:51

PP TOI

White: 1:45
Gill: 0:04

07/08

ES TOI

White: 16:07
Gill: 15:41

PP TOI

White: 1:23
Gill: 0:05


Yeah Zeke, just like Gill. Poor Ian White held back from becoming the PK shutdown man you envisioned him as because Hal Gill stood in his way. Give me a ****ing break.
 
2010-2011 Upcoming Milestones

Toronto Maple Leafs Club Milestones

- 6000th regular season game in franchise history. Set to be played on January 15th when the Leafs host the Calgary Flames.
- 2600th win in franchise history
- 2500th loss in franchise history

Coaching Milestones

Ron Wilson
- 1300 career games behind the bench
- 600th career win
- 500th career loss

Player Milestones

Colby Armstrong
- 100 career goals
- 200 career points

Francois Beauchemin
- 100 career assists

Tyler Bozak
- First 20 goal season of career
- 100 games

Mike Brown
- 400 career penalty minutes

Jeff Finger
- 200 games played

J.S. Giguere
- 30,000 career minutes in net

Mikhail Grabovski
-100 career points

Jonas Gustavsson
- 50 career games

Tomas Kaberle
- 500 career points

Phil Kessel
- 100 career goals
- 100 career assists
- 200 career points
- 100th game with the Leafs

Mike Komisarek
- 600 career penalty minutes
- 100th game with the Leafs

Nikolai Kulemin
- First 20 goal season of career
- 100 career points
- 200th game with the Leafs

Brett Lebda
- 400 games played

Clarke MacArthur
- 100 career points

John Mitchell
- 200th game with the Leafs

Colton Orr
- 100th game with the Leafs
- 1,000 career penalty minutes

Dion Phaneuf
- 100th game with the Leafs
- 250 career points

Luke Schenn
- 200 career games

Fredrik Sjostrom
- 500 games played
- 100 career points

Kris Versteeg
- 200 games played
- 100 career penalty minutes
 
I shouldn't be posting this, but I ran into derek joslin last night and he had some juicy info that we've all been wishing to have for months.. he told me he was almost traded to the leafs. the sharks told him to get ready becasue they really thought burke was going accept this deal by midnight (of sunday the 15th).

the deal was kaberle for joslin and a 1st.


so yea, thank goodness burkie turned that load of shit down.


with that said he also said some interesting things confirming thorntons laziness and pavelski's awesomeness, but i feel like i've already said too much so i'll shut up now.
 
I have a hard time believing that Burke was interested in that package at all, nevermind on the cusp of accepting it.
 
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Ice is down at the ACC; they added Canadian flags to the red line.
 
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