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Did you find him as incredibly awkward as I did?
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It was during the Olympics and he was walking downtown and there were a shitload of people around. He kinda was just walking down a side street where their wasn't to too many people. He could tell right away that I recognized him and put his head down. I told him I was huge leafs fan and asked if I could get a picture with him and he kinda looked around to see if there were many people which their wasn't and he said sure. I only talked to him for a second, basically just thanked him and wished him luck in the tournament, he said thanks and kept walking.

He just genuinely doesn't seem like he's comfortable talking to people he's not familiar with, I'm sure he'll get better at it, but he seemed super shy.

The best part is that I walked up a few blocks and heard a bunch guys saying "Phil Kessel walked by but wouldn't stop for a picture". At that time were were hundreds of people everywhere and I'm sure stopping for one would mean like 50.

I was actually pretty surprised he'd venture in to look around, there were people everywhere and he was dressed in all his American gear. Really stood out.
 
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Thursday that the hockey club has reduced its’ training camp roster by 12 players.

Forwards Jamie Devane (Plymouth – OHL), Josh Nicholls (Saskatoon – WHL), Ken Ryan (Windsor – OHL) and defenceman Barron Smith (Peterborough – OHL) have been reassigned to their respective junior clubs.

The Leafs have also assigned forwards Richard Greenop, Justin Hodgman, Dale Mitchell, Mikhail Stefanovich, defencemen Josh Engel, Drew Paris and goaltender Andrew Engelage to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

Forward Mike Liambas was released from his Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO).
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http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=538429
 
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Luca Caputi spent hours in the weight room this summer doing more squats than he could count.

But, bulked up by 15 pounds and ready to impress at Maple Leafs’ camp, he failed his first late-summer test – at an amusement park.

Visiting Canada’s Wonderland with his girlfriend, Caputi presented his newly chiseled 217-pound bulk – stretched over a 6-foot-3 frame – at one of those “Guess Your Weight” booths on Yogi Bear’s home turf.

The carny sized him up and made his pronouncement: 150 pounds. Caputi was gobsmacked.

“Oh my God, what the hell’s going on,” Caputi remembers saying to himself. “I’ve worked so hard and no one notices that I’ve gotten bigger.”

His girlfriend, Caputi repeated in a mocking voice, chided: “See, you don’t eat enough. Everyone thinks your skinny.”

Caputi gave the attendant another chance. The guess jumped to 194 pounds. The Leafs’ hopeful stepped on the scale – 217 pounds.
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http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/mapleleafs/article/865877

Johnny, how come you never told us you got a job at Canada's Wonderland this summer?
 
I have very little opinion on aliens, never expressed anything of the kind here.

Floydian insisted that he was abducted WHILE he was driving down the 401 and poked and prodded for what seemed like six hours and then plopped back into his car, all in the span of a nano second.

I didn't doubt him all that much, but nor could I reference it with anything in my vast resevoir of interesting experiences.

So, stick to what has been expressed "friends".
 
Burke was rumoured to be interested in him:


Although David Clarkson was re-signed this summer, the New Jersey Devils might trade him away to get under the cap. As he tells the Bergen County Record's Tom Gulitti, "They've always been good to me, but it could be anybody."

There was some buzz earlier this week that the Devils are having trouble finding trade partners. So they may have to waive a veteran to get under the cap.

However, GM Lou Lamoriello probably prefers to trade someone to get their salary off the books, which might be why Clarkson's name is being brought up. (He's a more attractive trade target than, say, Dainius Zubrus, who carries a $3.4 million cap hit.) Meanwhile, other guys who could be dealt are Bryce Salvador, Brian Rolston and Colin White.
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At this point, looking at Michell, Hanson and Kadri for the bottom 2 centres it's possible Burke is not feeling entirely comfortable - especially in the case of an injury.

Been a bit of a disappointing training camp for me. I was hoping one of our young forwards might make a bit of a name for himself. On the other hand I guess Hanson/Caputi/Scrivens/Reimer have been bright spots.

Back to Clarkson - it might really take the pressure off Kadri, defensively and offensively, to start on the wing - say:

Versteeg- Bozak - Kessel
Kulemin - Grabovski - Armstrong
McArthur - Clarkson - Kadri
Brown - Hanson - Orr
 
I'm not going to suggest any names, but with the way Kadri is struggling/hurt, and with the pending cap relief Burke is set to acquire with sending Finger to the minors, i am more or less certain you will see him work out a trade with a team trying to shed $$$.

Vancouver
Calgary
New Jersey

Those teams we know fit the bill.
 
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At this point, looking at Michell, Hanson and Kadri for the bottom 2 centres it's possible Burke is not feeling entirely comfortable - especially in the case of an injury.

Been a bit of a disappointing training camp for me. I was hoping one of our young forwards might make a bit of a name for himself. On the other hand I guess Hanson/Caputi/Scrivens/Reimer have been bright spots.

Back to Clarkson - it might really take the pressure off Kadri, defensively and offensively, to start on the wing - say:

Versteeg- Bozak - Kessel
Kulemin - Grabovski - Armstrong
McArthur - Clarkson - Kadri
Brown - Hanson - Orr
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Pretty sure Clarkson only plays the wing, no?
 
Ya you're right. I guess my sentiment remains the same though - we're none too deep down the middle. It's really down to Mitchell vs Kadri.
 
Complete waiver list:



Mike Angelidis (TB), Chris Durno (TB), Mitchell Fritz (TB), Blair Jones (TB), Vladimir Mihalik (TB), Juraj Simek (TB), Paul Szczechura (TB), Trevor Smith (AN), Dane Byers (NYR), Kris Newbury (NYR), Jeremy Williams (NYR), Darryl Boyce (TOR), Joey Crabb (TOR), Ryan Hamilton (TOR), Alex Foster (TOR), Ryan Hollweg (PHX), Alexandre Picard (PHX), Garrett Stafford (PHX), Nolan Yonkman (PHX), Matt Climie (PHX), Al Montoya (PHX), Patrick Davis (NJ), Stephen Gionta (NJ), Olivier Magnan-Grenier (NJ) Bradley Mills (NJ), Tim Sestito (NJ), Chad Wiseman (NJ), Mike McKenna (NJ), Brian Willsie (WSH), Kyle Greentree (WSH), Andreas Thuresson (NSH), Teemu Laakso (NSH), TJ Hensick (STL), Brad Moran (EDM), Gregory Stewart (EDM), Hugh Jessiman (CHI), Tyler Weiman (VAN), Triston Grant (FLA), Gord Baldwin (CGY), William Thomas (FLA), Andre Benoit (OTT), Mike Brodeur (OTT), Cliche, Marc-Andre Cliche (LA), Thomas Jordan Trevelyan (SJ), Jay Leach (SJ), Sean Sullivan (SJ), Jon Disalvatore (MIN), Robbie Earl (MIN), Petr Kalus (MIN), Warren Peters (MIN)

The deadline for teams putting in a claim on a waived player is Monday, Noon ET. Should a player clear waivers, his team has the option of assigning him to its American Hockey League affiliate and freeing up salary.
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TJ Hensick is the only somewhat interesting player on that list.

70 points in 58 AHL games this past season as a 23/24 year old ain't too shabby. 16 points in 12 games the before that.

Hasn't put it together at the NHL level though.
 
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