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REBUILDING 2007-2008 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS



The Toronto Maple Leafs were the worst team in the Northeast Division during the 2007-2008 season;
they were an aging team and in need of some fresh young talent.

The Rebuild starts at the 2008 draft, where a few trades are made:

Toronto Maple Leafs trade Mats Sundin to the Chicago Blackhawks for Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, 1st round pick 2008.
The Chicago Blackhawks get Star Center that gets a chance to play for a contending team,
while the Maple Leafs get two good young players in Ladd and Byfuglien and a 1st round pick.

Bryan McCabe, Nik Antropov, 2nd round pick 2010 are traded to the Dallas Stars for Matt Niskanen, Loui Eriksson.
Dallas Stars get Bryan McCabe a top 4 defenseman to round out the defense and Nik Antropov and big forward to play in the top 6.
Toronto Maple Leafs get Matt Niskanen, a solid young defenseman and Loui Eriksson, a solid two way forward.

Tomas Kaberle, Darcy Tucker are traded to the Buffalo Sabres for 1st round pick 2008, 1st round pick 2009.
Buffalo Sabres get Tomas Kaberle, a great puck moving defenseman and Darcy Tucker, a good powerforward,
while the Maple Leafs get two 1st round picks.

Toronto also trades Vesa Toskala to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mike Smith, 3rd round pick 2010.
Tampa Bay Lightning get Vesa Toskala to be their number 1 goalie, while the Leafs get Mike Smith and a 3rd round pick.

At the 2008 draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs trade picks 5, 12, 60, 1st round pick 2010 to the LA Kings for pick 2.
Then Toronto trades pick 11 to the Nashville Predators for picks 18, 38.

Changes in 2008 draft

2-(from LA) Drew Doughty
18-(from NSH) Jordan Eberle
38-(from NSH) Roman Josi
98-Gustav Nyquist
128-Jared Spurgeon
129-Cam Atkinson
130-Jason Demers

Toronto Maple Leafs don't sign Niklas Hagman and Jeff Finger in Free Agency.

The Maple Leafs don't trade Alex Steen for Lee Stempniak, as it doesn't make sense to trade a promising young player in Steen for a Stempniak, a role player at best.

The Toronto Maple Leafs finish the 2008-2009 season with the 5th worst record in the league and have the 5th pick in the draft.

At the 2009 draft, the Maple Leafs make a few trades:

Toronto Jason Blake trade to the Anaheim ducks for a 4th round pick 2009.
The Jason Blake Contract was horrible so, they need to get rid of it even if is for a fourth round pick.

Changes in 2009 draft

5-Brayden Schenn
50-Dmitry Orlov
58-Tomas Tatar
68-Reilly Smith
106-(from ANA)-Sami Vatanen
128-Anders Lee
158-Darcy Kuemper

Toronto Maple Leafs don't trade for Phil Kessel because they are a rebuilding team and it doesn't make sense to give up two early first round picks for him.

Maple Leafs don't sign Francois Beauchimen and Mike Komisarek in free agency.

Toronto Maple Leafs finsih the 2009-2010 season with the a much better record, they end up narrowly missing the playoffs
and have the 15th pick in the draft.

At the 2010 draft, a few trades are made:

Toronto Maple Leafs trade Matt Stajan, Mikhail Grabovski, Alexei Ponikarovsky to the Colorado Avalanche for Ryan O'Reilly, 3rd round pick 2012.
The Maple Leafs need a second line center, so they trade for Ryan O'Reilly, who will be a great two way center for them.
Colorado Avalanche will get Matt Stajan and Mikhail Grabovski, two solid centers and Alexei Ponikarovsky, a solid checking line winger.

Maple Leafs also trade Mike Smith, Tyler Toffoli, 1st round pick 2011 to the Vancouver Cancuks for Cory Schneider, 3rd round pick 2011.
The Maple Leafs get a number 1 goalie in Cory Schneider, while the Canucks get a great backup in Mike Smith, a good sniper in Tyler Toffoli and a 2nd round pick.

Toronto Maple Leafs trade Brayden Schenn, Cam Atkinson, Sami Vatanen to the Boston Bruins for pick 2, 45.

Changes in 2010 draft

2-(from BOS) Tyler Seguin
43-Tyler Toffoli
45-(from BOS) Jason Zucker
116-Petr Mrazek
144-Mark Stone

Toronto Maple Leafs don't sign Colby Armstrong in Free Agency.

The Toronto Maple Leafs make the Playoffs in the 2010-11 season but get eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

At the 2011 draft, Toronto trade pick 17 to the Chicago Blackhawks for picks 26, 43.

Changes in 2011 draft

22-Rickard Rakell
26-(from CHI) John Gibson
43-(from CHI) Brandon Saad
71-(from VAN) Jordan Binnington
100-Johnny Gaudreau

Toronto Maple Leafs don't sign Jonas Gustavsson as they don't have a need for him anymore;
they also don't sign Joffrey Lupul, Tim Connolly and John Michael Liles in Free Agency.

The Maple Leafs make one free agent signing in the 2011 offseason, signing Patrick Eaves to a 1 yr deal worth $1 million.

The Toronto Maple Leafs make a few trades to fill out the depth in the lineup:

Toronto Maple Leafs trade Nikolai Kulimen, Clarke MacArthur to the Anaheim Ducks for Nick Bonino, Andrew Cogliano.
The Maple Leafs get two important role players in Nick Bonino and Andrew Cogliano while the Ducks get two rising young studs in Kulimen and MacArthur.

Andrew Ladd, Jason Demers are traded to the St.Louis Blues for David Perron, Kris Russell. 
St.Louis Blues get a top 6 foward in Andrew Ladd and a top 4 defenseman in Jason Demers,
while the Leafs get David Perron, a young goal scoring winger and Kris Russell, a solid defensive defenseman.

Reilly Smith, Jason Zucker are traded to the Nashville Predators for Patric Hornqvist, Colin Wilson.
Toronto Maple Leafs get Patric Hornqvist and Colin Wilson, two very good young players that could potentially play in the top 6;
the Nashville Predators get Reilly Smith and Jason Zucker, two prosects that will not crack the Leafs lineup but will succeed in Nashville.

By the 2011-2012 season, Toronto Maple Leafs have assembled a really good team but they still need to patch up the roster.
This is how the lineup would look like:

 D.Perron-R.O'Reilly-J.Eberle
A.Steen-T.Seguin-L.Eriksson
C.Wilson-T.Bozak-P.Hornqvist
A.Cogliano-N.Bonino-P.Eaves

 D.Phaneuf-D.Doughty
D.Byfuglien-M.Niskanen
K.Russell-J.Spurgeon

 C.Schneider
J.Reimer

Top Prospects in the system:
F: J.Gaudreau, M.Stone, R.Rakell, B.Saad, G.Nyquist, T.Tatar, A.Lee, P.Danault
D: R.Josi
G: J.Gibson, J.Binnington, D.Kuemper 

The Toronto Maple Leafs now have a playoff caliber team and are loaded with young prospects to ensure they can succeed for the next decade.


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