
As yet another playoff-less summer of NHL hockey rolls on in
Youth is being served, as Leafs President and General Manager Brian Burke slowly but methodically rebuilds the team from the goaltender out, and the building blocks are starting to fall into place. Jonas “The Monster” Gustavsson is getting acclimatized to the North American game and has Stanley Cup and Playoff MVP winner J.S Giguere there to provide him support and 12 years of knowledge of NHL caliber shooters.
The back-end is anchored by newly minted Captain, and stud defenseman Dion Phaneuf, who also brings a tremendous sense of leadership to the team, and (for now anyway) the longest-standing Leaf Tomas Kaberle, as well as steady defenders Francois Beauchemin, Mike Komisarek, and the improving sophomore Luke Schenn.
Up front, Phil Kessel impressed with 30 goals after getting a late start to the season because of off-season shoulder surgery and will look to improve on that total by starting the season healthy.
New additions Colby Armstrong and Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg bring a great combination of skill and grit, and bring a lot of special teams experience to the team, an area where the Leafs need to improve if they are to continue to evolve.
Sophomores Tyler Bozak and Christian Hanson have shown that they can play at the NHL level, and 3rd year winger Nikolai Kulemin continues to evolve into a big leaguer too.
Also set to crack the lineup after a very successful junior career is last years' first rounder, Nazem Kadri, who has dominated in the OHL and impressed enough last year to have fans drooling with anticipation.

And add in the fact that the core of the team is less than 25 years old and the cause for optimism in place.
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