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When the 2012-13 NHL regular season schedule ended the Toronto Maple Leafs were once again left on the outside looking in when it came to the playoffs. While the downside of that is pretty obvious, the upside can be a little more difficult to see. One of the advantages to missing the playoffs (if there are any) is that your general manager gets an extended period of time with which to evaluate his roster. Theoretically, this should have given Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke plenty of time to plan for change, which should have included making some key roster changes. Thus far Burke has added veteran forward Jay McClement to his bottom six forwards, bought out the injury-prone Colby Armstrong, added veteran forward Keith Aucoin as a depth move and traded defenseman Luke Schenn to the Philadelphia Flyers for forward James van Riemsdyk to help out his top-six forwards. While the McClement move should help the Maple Leafs penalty kill and the addition of JVR should bring ...